Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
England chopped and changed their batting order all of the time back then. It usually depended on where they wanted to play Alec Stewart, which was anywhere from 1 to 7. Players like Hussain, Hick, Butcher and Thorpe just fitted around them. I don't think Thorpe would bat at 3 though - he was more 4 5 or 6 I think.
Yep correct. Terrific battler of a player in an incredibly tough era of fast and spin bowling.