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- ↑ "Under-19 ODI Matches played by James Thorpe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ↑ "Under-19 Int Twenty20 Matches played by James Thorpe". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2012.