Graham Thorpe: Rising from the Ashes

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Graham Thorpe. Graham Thorpe: Rising from the Ashes

Contents

ONE Incredible Journey

TWO Sleepwalking

THREE Clinging to the Cliff-Face

FOUR I Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It

FIVE House of Cards

SIX Learning From Lara

SEVEN Pulling Out of Australia

EIGHT No 1 Rebel

NINE One-Night Stand

TEN Salvation

ELEVEN Clearance

TWELVE England Again

THIRTEEN Resurrection

FOURTEEN Boxing Days

FIFTEEN Payback in the Caribbean

SIXTEEN The Magnificent Seven

SEVENTEEN Fathers 4 Justice

EIGHTEEN Grit and Glory

NINETEEN Ashes … to Ashes

TWENTY Sydney, March 2006

Index

Photographic Acknowledgements

Graham Thorpe’s Career in Figures. A MILESTONES IN FIRST-CLASS CAREER

B MILESTONES IN TEST CAREER

C SUMMARY OF ALL FIRST-CLASS MATCHES. by season

by opponents

D FIRST-CLASS HUNDREDS. for England (16)

for Surrey (30)

for other teams(3)

E LIMITED OVERS MATCHES

for other teams

F LIMITED OVERS HUNDREDS. for Surrey(9)

G TEST HUNDREDS

H RECORD PARTNERSHIPS. for England

for Surrey

I BEST BOWLING

J COMPARISONS

(1) with other Test Centurions

(2) with other left-handers

(3) with other England no 5s

K TEST PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE WORLD’S LEADING BOWLERS

L THORPE’S 78 ENGLAND TEAM-MATES IN HIS 100 TESTS

M EXTRAS. Conversion rate

Overseas tours

Captaincy

Fielding

Freak average

Man-of-the-Match Awards

Copyright

About the Publisher

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GRAHAM the autobiography

THORPE

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We went through my whole financial situation, how much a settlement was likely to cost, how much Nicky was likely to get, and in the back of my mind I’m thinking, ‘You’re discussing my future earnings, discussing my next year’s salary and what maintenance I’m going to pay, and I’m not even sure I’ll be earning a penny then’ I had an England contract but they were renewed — or not — each September, and I wasn’t certain I was going to be in England’s thinking in one week’s time, let alone two months.

After tea, I batted again. We were already well ahead and preparing to set India a big target. We were 60-odd for two when I joined Michael Vaughan, who was already playing well and on course for a century — he was then in the early stages of a golden run that lasted for the next 12 months. It was after tea, and there was still a while to go until stumps. Even if I’d been in a great state of mind it was the kind of situation I’d have found awkward. I was rarely great when the match didn’t demand much of me. I preferred it when we had our backs to the wall — but now that only applied to my private life.

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