He averaged 58 batting at seven in the Tests, and helped to salvage each of three almost identical innings batting at six in the ODIs.
The 27-year-old, who has played 19 Tests for Zimbabwe and has a batting average of 42.84, will not renew his contract with his country after the one-day series against England and the West Indies next month.
Giles' batting at number eight was key in two Ashes Tests in 2005, securing victory at Trent Bridge and a series-clinching draw at The Oval.
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Thorpe, who averaged 44.66 in 100 tests for England and is now the batting coach at Surrey, says of all the tours, the West Indies was his favourite.
Though England have since won four Ashes Tests at The Oval, they did those by batting second.
Exhibit A here is the top five of its batting order, none of whom managed a single century in the Tests or a single half-century in the ODIs.
Her only two Tests were in the 2003 Ashes and, after struggling opening the batting in Brisbane, she made an unbeaten 120 in Sydney coming in at number five.
Tendulkar has broken every major batting record in the sport, being cricket's highest run scorer in Tests and one-day internationals and the scorer of the most hundreds at the highest level --- now 29 ahead of his closest rival, Australia's Ricky Ponting.
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But the 2005 Ashes-winning hero and veteran of 79 Tests is keen to play alongside brother Chris Flintoff, who opens the batting for Penwortham, which is situated on the other side of the River Ribble from their native Preston.
His elevation comes after some magnificent batting during the series in South Africa, which ended in March, when he made 473 runs in three Tests at an average of 157.67.
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