Marcus Trescothick scored his 66th first-class hundred on Friday but the veteran former England batsman suffered a broken foot that could yet rule him out for the rest of the season.
The 42-year-old Trescothick, whose 76-Test career ended due to a stress-related condition in 2006, made exactly 100 for Somerset in their County Championship First Division clash away to Lancashire at Old Trafford.
George Bartlett’s 110, his maiden first-class hundred, helped Somerset to a total of 321 for five at stumps.
There was no hint of the trouble to come when left-hander Trescothick, on 95, played a ball from Matt Parkinson defensively on the leg side and collapsed.
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He needed the assistance of a runner to complete a 137-ball century and Somerset coach Jason Kerr said: “It’s just been confirmed that Marcus has got a broken right fifth metatarsal so he’ll be out for the foreseeable future.
“But it’s too early to say whether he’ll be back later in the season.
{{/usCountry}}“But it’s too early to say whether he’ll be back later in the season.
{{/usCountry}}“We need to get clarity on the extent of the break. If it’s a clean break, it’s just a few weeks’ recovery and then we’ll get him back on his feet.”