Background
He was born in Switzerland at Geneva.
He was born in Switzerland at Geneva.
Thorpe was educated at Warden Park School, before attending the University of Bath.
Thorpe is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. Thrope made a single List A appearance for Sussex against the touring Bangladeshis at the County Ground, Hove, in 2010. Batting at number ten, Adkin contributed 3 runs to Sussex"s total of 253 all out, ending the innings not out.
He took the wicket of Tamim Iqbal in the Bangladeshis innings, finishing with figures of 1/26 from three overs.
In August 2010, Thrope made two Youth One Day Internationals for England Under-19s against Sri Lanka Under-19s, with both appearances coming at Arundel Castle Cricket Ground. In that same month he played a single Youth Twenty20 International against the same opposition at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.