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Graham Thorpe has signed to play for New South Wales once this English season ends. It seems he is therefore set to retire from international cricket after this summer, as availability for NSW rules him out of the India tour in 2006. Read more: http://content.cricinfo.com/engvaus/content/story/209919.htm l http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4579553.stm
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Posted: 27 May 2005 at 4:49pm |
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Yeah i heard about this so its lookas if it is a time for number 5's to call it time on their career's. Lehmann has walked off to become a selector and Thorpe is bound to quit to now to make room for Pieterson.
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Posted: 30 June 2005 at 1:50pm |
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Thorpe is still in the frame for the Ashes series, so don't rule him out yet.
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Posted: 07 January 2006 at 5:43am |
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I think you can rule him out.
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Posted: 07 January 2006 at 5:27pm |
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putting your neck on the line there MiNiWaRnEy
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Posted: 09 January 2006 at 12:51am |
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I always thought Thorpey was going toplay, in my opinion i think he is still the best batman in England.
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Posted: 09 January 2006 at 8:43am |
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Before the series I thought he should have played, and hindsight shows
that if he had played instead of Bell England wouldn't exactly have
been worse off
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Posted: 09 January 2006 at 10:11pm |
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Actually, Mark Ramprakash had a very good season, and he's over a month younger than Thorpey.
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Posted: 10 January 2006 at 9:20am |
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Ramps is a very sad case - to my mind he was easily the most capable
English batsman of the last 10 to 15 years, but for whatever reason he
didn't have what it took between the ears or else he would have been a
superstar.
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MiNiWaRnEy
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Posted: 10 January 2006 at 9:33am |
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Truly a dissapointment as was Graham Hick (99* haha, he could have got 100, he would have known Atehrs wanted to declare). Hick became England's Carl Hooper rather then England's version of Lara. Talented, but couldnt crack it. I suppose if he stayed in Zim he would have played more tests. England ghave him so many opportunities and he let them down baddd!!! He played more tests then he deserved because he seldom performed and only average 34 in tests when he should of aver 50. |
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Posted: 10 January 2006 at 9:43am |
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Hick and Ramprakash had so many chances ! As Mik says , when it mattered , they just weren't good enough. Atherton thought that Ramps just got too tense and couldn't break free from it. Hick was found out with the short stuff - he wasn't the 1st , he won't be the last.
I suppose test cricket finds those chinks in the armour - that's what makes it the world's greatest game! |
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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Posted: 10 January 2006 at 9:55am |
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Tecniqual fault in his batting was the short stuff, he performed better in teh ODI arena, because of short bowling restrictions like Bevan easrly in his career. Hick is a massive under achiever and it is a shame, he could have been in the golden bracket!
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Posted: 10 January 2006 at 12:17pm |
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That's the difference though - Hick was exposed as having a weakness in his game. All Ramp's problems were mental ones.
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Posted: 13 January 2006 at 7:53am |
That's not saying a lot,is it??? |
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Must get a drink,I'm drier than a pommies bath towel.
Australians all let us rejoice,for we are 1-2-3. |
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Posted: 13 January 2006 at 9:30am |
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surprised that he's gone to aus... probably for the money and the weather.
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My two favourite Batsmen:
Jacques Kallis is a very solid but destructive batsmen and not to mention he can bowl as well. I also like Michael Clarke for his amazing batting talent at such a young age |
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Posted: 16 January 2006 at 7:51am |
Oooooooooooh , that's rather bitter and twisted pal , they still scored more runs than your mob ! |
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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