COVERED SPRING 2020

COVERED 22 TRENTBRIDGE.CO.UK members. You just have to know that one beer can’t turn into twelve. “I’m really big on getting to know the members. I leave behind a lot of friends that are members at Somerset, and I’m hoping I can make a lot of friends here.” ******* Same as it ever was. A repeated refrain in that Talking Heads hit from the 80s. And for all that the winds of change have blown through the game this century, some things remain the same. As I wait for Peter Trego to arrive for this interview, I busy myself reading Julian Wyatt’s tribute to him, penned in the wake of his departure from Somerset. Wyatt, a former Somerset player, a friend and an ex-coach of Trego’s, alludes to the desire his charge had to be an entertainer, to deliver for the fans. After Trego arrives from a punishing morning in the gym, coffee in hand, I put it to him. What drives his desire to play in a way which is not only successful, but thrilling to watch? “It’s a very precious position you’re put in as a professional sportsman to do your chosen sport for a job,” he says. “And if you can’t get inspired to play at a ground like this,” he continues, gesturing behind us to the gleaming white seats and unspoilt green grass of Trent Bridge in pre-season, “you’re in the wrong job. “We are on the pitch to entertain people, and whenever I do stop playing, “WHEN YOU TURNED UP FOR PRE-SEASON YEARS AGO, YOU’D ALWAYS SEE A FEW BEER BELLIES WOBBLING AROUND, WHEREAS NOW EVERYONE LOOKS LIKE AN ATHLETE.” Peter Trego