Graham Thorpe

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Graham Thorpe


country = England
fullname = Graham Paul Thorpe
nickname = Stumpy
living = true
dayofbirth = 1
monthofbirth = 8
yearofbirth = 1969
placeofbirth = Farnham, Surrey
countryofbirth = England
batting = Left-handed
bowling = Right arm medium
role = Middle-order batsman
international = true
testdebutdate = 1 July
testdebutyear = 1993
testdebutagainst = Australia
testc

lasttestdate = 5 June
lasttestyear = 2005
lasttestagainst = Bangladesh
odidebutdate = 19 May
odidebutyear = 1993
odidebutagainst = Australia
odic

lastodidate = 2 July
lastodiyear = 2002
lastodiagainst = Sri Lanka
club1 = Surrey
year1 = 1988 – 2005
deliveries = balls
columns = 4
column1 = Test
matches1 = 100
runs1 = 6744
bat avg1 = 44.66
100s/50s1 = 16/39
top score1 = 200*
deliveries1 = 138
wickets1 = 0
bowl avg1 = –
fivefor1 = –
tenfor1 = –
best bowling1 = –
catches/stumpings1 = 105/–
column2 = ODI
matches2 = 82
runs2 = 2380
bat avg2 = 37.18
100s/50s2 = 0/21
top score2 = 89
deliveries2 = 120
wickets2 = 2
bowl avg2 = 48.50
fivefor2 = –
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = 2/15
catches/stumpings2 = 42/–
column3 = FC
matches3 = 341
runs3 = 21937
bat avg3 = 45.04
100s/50s3 = 49/122
top score3 = 223*
deliveries3 = 2387
wickets3 = 26
bowl avg3 = 53.00
fivefor3 = 0
tenfor3 = –
best bowling3 = 4/40
catches/stumpings3 = 290/–
column4 = LA
matches4 = 354
runs4 = 10871
bat avg4 = 39.67
100s/50s4 = 9/80
top score4 = 145*
deliveries4 = 721
wickets4 = 16
bowl avg4 = 40.56
fivefor4 = 0
tenfor4 = n/a
best bowling4 = 3/21
catches/stumpings4 = 168/–
date = 29 November
year = 2007
source = http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/ENG/T/THORPE_GP_01002093/ Cricinfo

Graham Paul Thorpe MBE (born 1 August 1969 in Farnham, Surrey) is an English cricketer who played for Surrey and England.

Naturally right-handed in everything but batting, when he was six years old Thorpe changed his stance to make it harder for his two elder brothers to get him out and because the boundary in his garden was shorter on the leg-side for a left-hander.

Thorpe made his debut for Surrey in 1988, and his international debut in 1993. He scored a century (114 not out) in the second innings of his debut Test match, against Australia at Trent Bridge. Developing into a very highly-regarded player, he was named as one of the "Wisden" Cricketers of the Year in 1998.

Thorpe hit only one four in his hundred against Pakistan at Lahore in November 2000. It also contained seven threes, 12 twos and 51 singles. He hit another boundary before being dismissed for 118 from 301 balls. No other batsman has scored 100 runs in a Test with just one boundary. However, Thorpe was also a capable stroke-maker: during his highest Test score, 200 not out off 231 balls against New Zealand at Christchurch in 2002, he and Andrew Flintoff compiled a partnership of 281 in 51 overs. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/63981.html]

In the 2002 season, Thorpe had well-publicised marital difficulties which seriously affected his play and his focus on the game. Seemingly disillusioned with constant touring away from his family, he announced his retirement from the one-day game and changed his mind several times on whether to tour Australia, eventually pulling out of the tour entirely. However, in 2003 a rested Thorpe, with family problems behind him, returned to the England team in the fifth Test against South Africa at his home ground of The Oval, where he was welcomed with a standing ovation. Thorpe scored 124 as England won the match to seal an unlikely series draw, and remained in the side for series victories against Bangladesh away and at home, against the West Indies away and at home, against New Zealand at home, and in South Africa. He played his hundredth and final Test against Bangladesh in June 2005; in the two years between his comeback and his retirement he scored 1635 Test runs at an average of 56.37.

He announced his retirement from Test cricket after the England selectors chose Kevin Pietersen instead of him in the first Test of The Ashes in July 2005, and his retirement from domestic cricket in August 2005. He served New South Wales as a batting coach in two seasons starting in 2005/6 and played for UTS-Balmain in the Sydney First Grade competition. Thorpe was named as assistant coach of New South Wales in 2007 replacing Matthew Mott who was promoted to the position of coach. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Thorpe-new-NSW-cricket-assistant-coach/2007/07/06/1183351421789.html "Melbourne Age", "Thorpe new NSW cricket assistant coach" 6 July 2007] ]

Thorpe was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 17 June 2006. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/5087176.stm Thorpe/Ferguson head honours list] bbc.co.uk Friday, 16 June 2006 ]

Thorpe made his debut as a summariser for BBC Radio's Test Match Special programme during the first test of India's 2007 tour of England. He also appeared as a match summariser on Sky Sports' highlights coverage for the same series. He has written a monthly column for the UK-based cricket magazine, SPIN World Cricket Monthly, since December 2006. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/08/13/scnich113.xml Graham Thorpe playing innings of his life] telegraph.co.uk 13 August 2007]

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