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Thorpe bows out as Thorpe

Afp, London
England batsman Graham Thorpe announced his retirement from Test cricket Friday.
In a statement, Thorpe said: "My partner is having a baby in the next couple of weeks and I have decided that I want to concentrate on my family life.
The 35-year-old Surrey left-hander last month became only the eighth England player to appear in 100 Tests when he played against Bangladesh in the second Test at the Riverside.
But, having already been long retired from one-day internationals, Thorpe's Ashes place was called into question when he announced he would be coaching in New South
Wales next year while England were on tour in India.
He was left out of the ongoing first Test against Australia at Lord's, his place taken by debutant Kevin Pietersen, ten years his junior.
"I have enjoyed my time with England and I have wished them every success in this Ashes series," added Thorpe who scored a hundred on his Test debut, against Australia at Trent Bridge, in 1993.
England's chairman of selectors, David Graveney, said of Thorpe: "He will be remembered as a tenacious batsman who served England with great ability and great pride."
Former England captain Alec Stewart, a long-time team-mate of Thorpe's at Surrey, said his former colleague's decision had come as no
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"He was never going to tour so he effectively announced his retirement without saying it at the start of the summer when he said he was going to Australia," Stewart said.
"He has been a great player and servant for England and since he came back from his injury and domestic problems a few years ago his performances have been fantastic," added Stewart, who himself played in 133 Tests.
"When Graham Thorpe is fit and playing well then he has been a nailed-on certainty to play for England, but now he has announced his retirement the team has to move on just like they did a few years ago when myself and Michael Atherton retired - it's down to the people who have come in now like Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen."
Looking back, Stewart said: "I first saw Graham play when he was just 17 and had joined the Surrey staff and I have seen him mature
into a superb cricketer over the years who knew his game very well.
"If England were 20 for three, he was always a great person to walk out to the crease and his hundred on his debut for England against Australia was very special.
"I thought his century in Pakistan in 2000 when he barely scored a boundary was a typical Graham Thorpe innings and another century later that winter to steer us to victory against Sri Lanka in Colombo was another example of him at his best."