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

54y 231d

Nicknames

Stumpy

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Middle order Batter

The most complete England batter since the Gooch-Gower era, Graham Thorpe began his Test career in 1993 with an Ashes century - the first England player in 20 years to score a hundred on debut - and repeated the feat on the return tour, in Perth in February 1995. He had the ability to attack against pace or spin, like Alec Stewart, and defend, like Mike Atherton, and was the best all-round fielder in the team.

Thorpe's Test best was a match-winning effort in the famous 2002 Christchurch Test in which Nathan Astle's record-breaking 222 nearly overshadowed Thorpe's 200 not out (off 231 balls). He averaged over 65 in New Zealand at the end of that series, having scored back-to-back hundreds on the previous tour there.

Thorpe's first trip to the subcontinent came seven years into his career. He made a hundred in Lahore, and memorably scored the winning runs in fading light in Karachi to clinch England's first series win in Pakistan in 39 years. A few months later, in March 2001, he scored crucial runs to seal a 2-1 win in Sri Lanka.

In 2002, with his marriage crumbling in full view of the tabloids, Thorpe retired from ODIs and took an indefinite break from the game, having earlier become the first Englishman to tour ten consecutive winters. On his return, for the final Test against South Africa at The Oval in 2003, he delighted everyone with a century that helped set up England's astonishing comeback to draw the series 2-2.

From then till the end of his Test career two years later, Thorpe scored 1511 runs at 54, coinciding with a successful run for England, and finishing on 100 Tests, against Bangladesh at the start of the 2005 season. When he was omitted from the Ashes squad to face Australia at Lord's, he called it quits, and went on to work as a batting coach after retirement.

Graham Thorpe Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests100179286744200*44.661469345.89163977891050
ODIs82771323808937.18334471.170211725420
FC3415678021937223*45.04--49122--2900
List A3543325810871145*39.67--980--1680
T20s540955023.7568139.700111210

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests1006138370---1.60-000
ODIs8251209722/152/1548.504.8560.0000
FC341-23871378264/40-53.003.4691.8-00
List A354-721649163/213/2140.565.4045.0000
T20s5------------
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Photos of Graham Thorpe

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
Graham Thorpe wraps an England flag around him like a sarong after being named captain for the one-day series in Sri Lanka