'Gnome' with the wind?

Since then his form has fluctuated.

Only two months back, he scored a century against the Sri Lankans, at Old Trafford, but since then the problems resurfaced.

It was clear to all watching the first Test against India, at Lord's, recently, that Thorpe's mind was certainly not on the game. He had already withdrawn from one-day cricket following a disapponting NatWest series.