Graham Thorpe 100 NOT OUT

A tribute by Karthik Narayan on Graham Thorpe reaching the 100th test mark

A Century in the game of cricket has various connotations – to the batsman, it means a valuable innings, cherished and memorable for many seasons, match-winning even. To a bowler, it means a very important landmark galloping him into the Hall of Fame. And then there is a century of matches – that is something unbeatable by any means.

Nothing beats seeing your name on the team cards one hundred times is a feat that envies any player. That much time, endurance and pressure of performance, and then that much patience and fitness all involved in that magical three figure mark of 100 test appearances. There aren’t as many as one would expect, the big guns faltering now and then, and injury all takes its toll to getting to that coveted mark. Now that benchmark beckons a Pom, a cricketer who has always given his team his best and then yet not a superman; ever the underdog, and yet always smiling and having a say in his team’s good fortunes has been Graham Thorpe. Read More
 

Statistics of Graham Thorpe's Career :

Test Matches : Batting and Fielding

    M    I   NO    Runs   HS    Ave      SR    100   50   Ct  St
   100  179  28    6744  200*  44.66    45.89   16   39   105  -

    O      M    R      W    Ave    BBI    5   10   SR     Eco  
   138     7   37      0     -     0-0    -    -   -     1.60

    M   I   NO  Runs   HS    Ave    SR    100   50    Ct  St
   82  77   13  2380   89   37.18  71.17    0   21    42   0

   O     M    R     W    Ave    BBI    4w  5w   SR    Econ
  20     1   97     2   48.50  2-15     0   0  60.0   4.85