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Awful news. RIP Thorpey.
He was dropped for Ian Bell.Am I remembering this wrong or did he play a test in the 2005 ashes
It was probably a bit too soon for Bell, if memory serves he wasn't particularly impressive with the bat in that series. Obviously the decision was made with an eye for the future, but Thorpe was batting a well as he ever had in the couple of years to that point..He was dropped for Ian Bell.
Which pissed me off before the series started, pissed me off after the series finished, and still pisses me off now.He was dropped for Ian Bell.
Was completely tied in knots by Warne. And replaced the one Englishman who actually played him well.It was probably a bit too soon for Bell, if memory serves he wasn't particularly impressive with the bat in that series. Obviously the decision was made with an eye for the future, but Thorpe was batting a well as he ever had in the couple of years to that point..
He never got to play in a winning ashes side.
Yeah that was more the problem. They decided it was between Pietersen and Thorpe; with Bell's position ironclad. Mental at the time, not just in hindsight.he was dropped for Pietersen. Bell established himself in the team with some soft runs v Bangladesh in the two match series prior to the Ashes that summer which Pietersen did not play in.
It was then a choice between Thorpe and KP. By that time Thorpe's back was really playing up which in turn with KPs meteoric rise made it a fairly easy, yet tough call.
Nah it was all about getting KP to debut. Bell was already in the side.He was dropped for Ian Bell.
Yeah they should've dropped Bell, not the mainstay of their batting for the previous few years.Nah it was all about getting KP to debut. Bell was already in the side.
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