Afghanistan appoints former England batter Graham Thorpe as head trainer

On Tuesday, Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) appointed former England batter Graham Thorpe as head trainer of the Afghanistan males’s cricket staff. Thorpe used to be a number of the 3 individuals who have been sacked after England’s below-average Ashes marketing campaign Down Beneath along side head trainer Chris Silverwood and managing director Ashley Giles.

Thorpe, who’s now 52, has represented England in 100 Checks from 1993 to 2005 and scored 6744 runs at 44.66 with 16 centuries. He has additionally performed 82 One Day Internationals for England and collected 2380 runs with 21 half-centuries underneath his title within the layout. His title used to be declared by means of the ACB because the full-time alternative for Lance Klusener, who resigned in November after a two-year tenure.

In a press unlock, the board mentioned, “The ACB had introduced the recruitment procedure for hiring a brand new head trainer, by which Graham Thorpe used to be decided on as the most efficient to be had nominee for the placement”.

Former English middle-order batter Graham Thorpe has been named as the brand new head trainer of our nationwide males’s cricket staff. He’ll step up into the function of head trainer forward of the approaching global occasions of Afghanistan.

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— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) March 29, 2022

The opposite names in rivalry integrated Former Pakistan avid gamers Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Mahmood have been additionally there at the listing however Thorpe ended up taking the contract.

After England’s defeat within the ultimate Check at Hobart, Thorpe instigated controversy by means of capturing the arriving of cops to get a divorce an early-morning ingesting consultation involving a number of English and Australian avid gamers. The police have been known as after Thorpe used to be smoking a cigar in an indoor house, which is illegitimate in Tasmania.