Former England and Surrey batter Graham Thorpe has died aged 55 after battling a “severe sickness” since 2022, the nation’s cricket board introduced on Monday. Thought-about one of many best batters of his era, Thorpe was hospitalised shortly after being named the top coach of Afghanistan in 2022 however the particulars of his medical situation usually are not recognized. He’s survived by his spouse Amanda and 4 youngsters, Henry, Amelia, Kitty and Emma. “It’s with nice disappointment that the ECB shares the information that Graham Thorpe, MBE, has handed away,” ECB stated in an announcement, with out giving the precise explanation for his loss of life.
“There appear to be no acceptable phrases to explain the deep shock we really feel at Graham’s loss of life. A couple of of England’s best ever batters, he was a beloved member of the cricket household and revered by followers all around the world,” the assertion learn.
Thorpe started his Check profession in 1993 with an Ashes century and repeated the feat on the return tour, in Perth in February 1995.
The left-hander was additionally instrumental in England’s back-to-back sequence wins in Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the course of the 2000-01 season.
A lynch-pin of England’s center order, he went on to play 100 Checks for England between 1993 and 2005 and averaged 44.66 with 16 centuries.
He additionally represented the Three Lions in 82 ODIs, amassing 2830 runs at a median of 37.18.
Thorpe loved success on the county stage as properly. He was picked on the under-11 stage by Surrey and performed for them for 17 years, scoring shut to twenty,000 runs for the workforce.
“Graham is without doubt one of the nice sons of Surrey and there may be an awesome disappointment that he is not going to stroll by way of the gates of the Oval once more. He’s a legend of Surrey and introduced nice delight to the Membership carrying each the Three Feathers and the Three Lions.
“He made excellent contributions to the Membership as a cricketer, and as a person, and he can be so sorely missed,” stated Oli Slipper, Chair at Surrey CCC.
Following his enjoying profession, Thorpe took to teaching.
He began his teaching profession in Australia, the place he labored with the likes of Steve Smith and David Warner at New South Wales. He then joined the England nationwide workforce arrange as a batting coach in 2010.
He served as an assistant coach for the England males’s workforce below Trevor Bayliss and Chris Silverwood however was axed after the Check aspect suffered a 0-4 whitewash within the 2021-22 Ashes sequence Down Below.
He was then appointed the top coach of Afghanistan in March 2022 however fell ailing and could not take up the function.
“Graham Thorpe has just lately fallen severely ailing and is at the moment in hospital receiving remedy,” The Skilled Cricketers’ Affiliation stated on the time.
“His prognosis is unclear at this stage and we ask for privateness for him and his household at the moment. Our ideas are with Graham and his household.”
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