Thorpe out of Third npower Ashes Test ECB Media Release - 23 July 2001
The England batsman Graham Thorpe was today ruled out of next week's 3rd
npower Test Match against Australia at Trent Bridge with a cracked bone in
his right hand.
Thorpe saw a specialist in Windsor today who confirmed that he has an
undisplaced fracture in the metacarpal bone in his right hand.
The Surrey left-hander, who sustained the injury from a Brett Lee delivery
during Saturday's play, will be out of cricket for around three weeks.