Career
Thornely made his debut for the Blues aged 25 and made his maiden first-class century with 143 against Victoria at Newcastle. He went on to receive Australia A selection in his debut season. He held an Australian Cricket Academy scholarship in 1997.
His highest score of 261 was made against Western Australia at the Structural Civil Geotechnical and in it he beat the record of David Hookes for most sixes in an Australian domestic game with 11.
Another record came in his 219-run stand for the last wicket with Stuart MacGill. MacGill only contributed 27 of those runs.
He played county cricket with Surrey in 2005 and for Hampshire in 2007. He represented Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2008 season.