Graham Thorpe

England|Middle order Batter
Graham Thorpe
INTL CAREER: 1993 - 2005
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Full Name

Graham Paul Thorpe

Born

August 01, 1969, Farnham, Surrey

Age

53y 237d

Nicknames

Stumpy

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Middle order Batter

During the winter of 2000-01, Graham Thorpe established himself as the most complete England batsman since the Gooch-Gower era, able to attack like Alec Stewart - against pace or spin - and to defend like Mike Atherton. He had begun as a brilliant counter-attacking left-hander who came off the ropes from the start of his innings to punch a quick 20 and seize the initiative, an invaluable trait. But being the first England player to undergo ten consecutive years of touring, for the A and Test team, troubled his back, dulled his edge and gave him a reputation for grumpiness. In 1999-2000, he opted out of the tour to South Africa, a decision which seemed to be the final step before fulfilment. The winter's rest, and time for reflection with his family, brought him to a mature peak - as a batsman who enjoyed his cricket again, the best allround fielder in the team, a contributor in the dressing-room and occasional captain. But in 2002 his career reached crisis point as his marriage crumbled in full view of the tabloids. With England's busiest-ever winter looming, he announced his retirement from the one-day game, took an indefinite break from all forms of cricket, returned and announced his readiness to tour Australia - and then pulled out again in a move which seemed to signal the end of his Test career. However, in another turnaround at the start of the 2003 English season, Thorpe again insisted he was ready to return to England colours, in both forms of the game, but was surprisingly overlooked for the first Test against South Africa. He did return, though, for the crucial final Test at The Oval, where he delighted everyone with a century that helped set up England's astonishing comeback. Since that innings, Thorpe went on to score 1635 runs at 56.37 in England's successful run, also reaching the milestone of 100 Tests, against Bangladesh at the start of the 2005 season. He was omitted from the squad to face Australia at Lord's on July 21, and one day into the match he announced his retirement, a decision that brought a premature end to the career of one of England's toughest competitors.

Career Averages
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test100179286744200*44.661469345.89163977891050
ODI82771323808937.18334471.170211725420
FC3415678021937223*45.04--49122--2900
List A3543325810871145*39.67--980--1680
T20540955023.7568139.700111210
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test1006138370---1.60-000
ODI8251209722/152/1548.504.8560.0000
FC341-23871378264/40-53.003.4691.8-00
List A354-721649163/213/2140.565.4045.0000
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Graham Thorpe has been named as the new head coach of Afghanistan
Joe Root speaks with Graham Thorpe during a training session
Graham Thorpe has been working with Rory Burns in the nets
Marcus Trescothick talks to Graham Thorpe at England training
Batting coach Graham Thorpe, Eoin Morgan and Jonny Bairstow walk out at Lord's
Joe Root  talks to Graham Thorpe ahead of a training session