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From Surrey highs to topsy-turvy England ride – The Thorpe and Butcher story
"If he hadn’t have got injured he would have comfortably played 100 Tests"
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"If he hadn’t have got injured he would have comfortably played 100 Tests"
"From the first ever hundred to 16 wickets on debut"
"The infamous buttery-fingered fails"
"The Thorpe ball was the new Walsh in a nutshell"
"The relief, you wouldn’t believe it"
Vaughan said that he wanted a team that "didn't have any baggage"
Eight of the team featured in the 2005 Ashes
Thorpe averaged over 53 across the final six years of his Test career
Some iconic names missed out
'There were certainly parts of his game that I tried to copy'