Former England captain Michael Atherton says the Surrey batsman should be recalled to the one-day side to provide "short-term stability".
The world and Olympic champion, who disqualified at the Australian trials, could defend his 400 metres freestyle title after his team mate Craig Stevens said he is pulling out of the event.
England batsman Graham Thorpe aims to relive one of his greatest achievements when the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Pieter van den Hoogenband took silver while Michael Phelps collected the bronze.
In reply to the tourists' 395 for nine declared England were 233 for 5 at stumps on day three of the third Test against the West Indies.
His defiant century led England to a four-wicket victory over New Zealand in the third Test.
The Aussie ace is chasing a third successive world title in the 400 metres freestyle at the World swimming championships.
The big Australian has a new coach, a new programme and a fierce new rival trying to take over his mantle as the world's best swimmer.
Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe says athletes should not put their Olympic dreams before their health in deciding whether to compete at the Tokyo Games as global health authorities battle to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. A number of international sports events have been hit by the coronavirus, with some competitions being postponed and others cancelled outright, and there are concerns that the outbreak might scupper the Tokyo Olympics.
The Australian is no longer thinking about trying to match American Mark Spitz's record of seven Olympic golds.
Thorpe scooped his third gold medal in four days to stretch his record number of world titles to 11.
Ian Thorpe could still emulate the 1972 Munich Olympics seven Gold medal haul of Mark Spitz, former Australia head swimming coach Don Talbot said.
The 34-year-old left-handed batsman said that his perspective had changed after his exile prompted by his marriage break-up.
Five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe kept his London ambitions firing when he reached the semi-finals of the 200 metres freestyle at the Australian trials on Friday with a solid swim that thrilled head coach Leigh Nugent.
Grant Hackett believes it would be 'mad' to write off five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe's bid to swim at the London Games even if his times are a cause for concern with the Australian trials just a few weeks away.
Five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has warned Australians not to expect too much of him too soon as he prepares to make his return to competition in Singapore this week.
Ian Thorpe's decision to return to competitive swimming has added an intriguing new twist to next year's London Olympics and sets the stage for possibly one of the most anticipated races of all time.
He decided to quit because swimming was no longer the most important thing in his life.
Ian Thorpe, Australia's most decorated Olympian, revealed he was gay in an emotional television interview on Sunday, ending years of speculation about the champion swimmer's sexuality.
Already under enormous pressure to break into Australia's Olympic swimming team as the headline act of this week's national trials, Ian Thorpe was forced to wade into controversy on Wednesday over preferential payments made to marquee swimmers.
Craig Stevens gave up his spot on Monday, saying he wanted to concentrate on his other events.
'I remember in 2011 I went the year so ashamed of who I became as a human being that I couldn't look at myself in the mirror.' 'I went all of 2011 just not looking at myself in the mirror.'
The Surrey left-hander was called up after Nasser Hussain was ruled out after breaking a toe.
Five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe declared himself relieved after finishing second in his heat of the 100 metre individual medley in his comeback race after a five-year hiatus on Friday.
'If you end up finding yourself in the position where you happen to be in that World Test Championship final, then it is great, but it is a real weird one knowing that you are playing for something over a long period of time.'
Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe ended months of rampant speculation and announced his return to the pool on Wednesday, with an eye on making the Australian team to swim at next year's London Olympics.
Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe has no regrets about his decision to quit the pool.
The England left-hander announced his retirement from Test cricket after being replaced by Kevin Pietersen for the Ashes
Australia's Ian Thorpe and Natalie Coughlin of the U.S. have been named the male and female "World Swimmers of the Year" by Swimming World magazine.\n\n
Ian Thorpe's failed bid to qualify for the Olympic 200 metres freestyle showed the swimmer had not allowed sufficient time to prepare, Australia's head coach Leigh Nugent said on Saturday.
Ian Thorpe's rushed comeback bid for a third Olympic Games ended in ignominy on Sunday as he crashed out of the morning heats of the 100 metres freestyle at the Australian trials in Adelaide.
Five-times Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe is in a Sydney hospital fighting a "serious" infection and may not swim again, his manager told Australian media late on Tuesday.
Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe has hit out at the innuendo surrounding his sexuality that has followed him for much of his career, and said the most frustrating thing was the implication that he would lie about it.
England named unchanged squad for the second Test match against Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street
The 34-year-old left-hander was rewarded for his century in the final Test against South Africa.
