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Thorpe ready and willing Wisden CricInfo staff - January 16, 2002
CALCUTTA, India (Reuters) Thorpe had had highly successful campaigns in Sri Lanka and Pakistan over the past two seasons and was a key factor in England's Test series wins in both countries. "I've always enjoyed playing in the Indian sub-continent. I've been to Pakistan and Sri Lanka. I have enjoyed it there, now I hope to enjoy it here as well. "India are a very good side, they have some really good players," he said. "It's going to be a very hard series but playing at home, India would clearly be the favourites." Thorpe said India's main weapon would be their spin duo of offspinner Harbhajan Singh, who grabbed two five-wicket hauls in the Tests, and legspinner Anil Kumble, who topped the series wickets tally with 19. But he declined to compare the Indian spinners with their illustrious counterparts from the sub-continent, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan and Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq. "I have played against all of the spinners on different surfaces," he said. "They're all very good, I would rank them all in the same bracket. We have to work out a way to tackle them." Watch every ball of India v England live on your screen with Wisden.com. Highlights packages also available. Click here for details
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