Editing Graham Thorpe (section)

===1993===
In May 1993, Thorpe received his first senior international call-up as part of a 13-man squad for the [[Texaco Trophy]], a three-match ODI series against the [[Australian cricket team in England in 1993|touring Australians]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Alan |title=England go for young blood in one-day series |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F91FB1115A57188 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=The Times |via=Newsbank |url-access=subscription |date=13 May 1993}}</ref> On 19 May, he made his ODI debut at [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]] in the first match of the series. During Australia's innings he took a catch off the bowling of fellow ODI debutant [[Andy Caddick]] and in England's run chase Thorpe, batting at number 6, made 31 in a four-run defeat,<ref>{{cite web |title=England v Australia, 1st ODI, Manchester, May 19, 1993 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-and-ireland-1993-61338/england-vs-australia-1st-odi-65008/full-scorecard |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref> ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' considered it "an intelligent innings in difficult circumstances".<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150942.html |chapter=First Texaco Trophy Match |access-date=13 November 2023 |year=1994 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack}}</ref> He added scores of 36 and 22 in the rest of the series.<ref name="odisinn">{{cite web |title=Statsguru – GP Thorpe – One-Day Internationals – innings by innings list |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/21537.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref> In Australia's tour match with Surrey which followed, Thorpe took his career best [[bowling figures]] of 4/40.<ref>{{cite web |title=Surrey v Australia, The Oval, May 25 – 27, 1993 |url=https://www.cricketarchive.com/Surrey/Scorecards/57/57276.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>

Thorpe was not selected for the first two [[The Ashes|Ashes]] Tests but the selectors made wholesale changes after an innings defeat in the second Test at [[Lord's]] including calling up Thorpe despite him being viewed as 'out of form' with a season average of 25.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Alan |title=Selectors inject new life into England squad |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F91FC1032E10EF8 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=The Times |via=Newsbank |url-access=subscription |date=29 June 1993}}</ref><ref name="newlook">{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Alan |title=New-look England tell the same old story |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F91FC5BB8960357 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=The Times |via=Newsbank |url-access=subscription |date=2 July 1993}}</ref> On 1 July, Thorpe made his Test debut against Australia at [[Trent Bridge]] alongside three other debutants ([[Mark Ilott]], [[Martin McCague]] and [[Mark Lathwell]]).<ref name="tdebut">{{cite web |title=England v Australia, 3rd Test, Nottingham, July 01 – 06, 1993 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-and-ireland-1993-61338/england-vs-australia-3rd-test-63611/full-scorecard |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref> Thorpe scored 6 in the first innings before being caught at [[gully]] off a short ball from [[Merv Hughes]].<ref name="newlook"/> In England's second innings, Thorpe came to the wicket at 159/5 and shared in a 150-run sixth wicket partnership with captain [[Graham Gooch]], Thorpe ended the fourth day on 88 [[not out]] and completed his century on the final morning, finishing unbeaten on 114 as Gooch [[declaration and forfeiture|declared]]. The Test match was drawn with Thorpe named as [[Player of the Match awards (cricket)|man of the match]].<ref name="tdebut"/> By scoring a [[List of centuries scored on Test cricket debut|century on Test debut]] he became the 14th England player to achieve the feat and the first since [[Frank Hayes (cricketer)|Frank Hayes]] in 1973.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thorpe hits out to join the greats of cricket history |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F91FC7363B21DDC |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=The Times |via=Newsbank |url-access=subscription |date=7 July 1993}}</ref> Thorpe made a half-century in the fifth Test at [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]]<ref name="testinn">{{cite web |title=Statsguru – GP Thorpe – Tests – innings by innings list |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/21537.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref> but missed the final Test at [[The Oval]] after breaking his left thumb in a net session on the first morning of the match.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Alan |title=England let slip rare chance to take control |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F91FD4DE21AA25B |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=The Times |via=Newsbank |url-access=subscription |date=20 August 1993}}</ref> He ended the series with an average of 46 and was one of only two England players to reach a hundred in the series, his partnership with Gooch at Trent Bridge was England's longest of the series.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153602.html |chapter=The Australians in England, 1993 |access-date=13 November 2023 |year=1994 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack}}</ref>