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Graham Thorpe: England & Surrey great dies at 55 - one of best batters of his generation

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Graham Thorpe was a key player in a struggling England side between 1993 and 2005 .

Thorpe scored 6,744 runs in 100 Tests at an average of 44.66 , with 16 hundreds .

He scored a swashbuckling 200 not out, his highest Test score, from 231 balls against New Zealand in 2002 .

He was also a fine fielder and particularly accomplished in the slips.

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