Graham thorpe autobiography in five shorties
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There have been many, many tributes to Graham Thorpe. Mine is going to feel inadequate compared to others. But I wanted to put pen to paper about someone I loved watching.
The news, when it came last week, was not a massive surprise. I had been told about events two years ago, and there is always that feeling that “recovery”, whatever that is, can be fleeting, it can be jeopardised. I do not put myself in his category of mental health issues that Thorpey suffered with, of course I do not, but as someone suffering from anxiety, and feeling the world cave in on you at times, that helplessness, that void is real. Very real and massively illogical. I sort of understand, I sort of rationalise what happened – I seek logic, and can’t find it, and circle the drain. I have my own issues.
But I don’t know. I just really don’t what Thorpey was going through. We all worshipped him. His team-mates clearly loved him to pieces, they are breaking down when tal
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'If you are going to play and succeed at the highest level, you've got to be ballsy'
Thorpe has been heavily involved at county, Lions and Under-19 levels as coach © Getty Images
Your job description is National Lead Batting Coach. Could you explain what that involves?
When I came in six years ago, the main part of it would be to identify - or play a part in identifying - the next batsmen who were coming through the struktur. So that will include Under-19s cricket, the Lions, and it obviously puts me out there in contact with the counties, watching county cricket.
And you're also often with the England limited-overs set-up, including the series in India.
inom will be out doing the white-ball stuff, but, as so often with England, it depends on who's head coach. There might be a head coach who says, "No, we're fine", and if that was the case I would work solely with the Lions in the winter.
When [Andrew] Strauss came in as director of cricket, Graham Gooch had be
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Graham Thorpe
English cricketer (1969–2024)
Thorpe in 2005 | |
| Full name | Graham Paul Thorpe |
|---|---|
| Born | (1969-08-01)1 August 1969 Farnham, Surrey, England |
| Died | 4 August 2024(2024-08-04) (aged 55) Esher, Surrey, England |
| Nickname | Thorpey |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Right arm medium |
| Role | Middle-order batsman |
| National side | |
| Test debut (cap 564) | 1 July 1993 v Australia |
| Last Test | 5 June 2005 v Bangladesh |
| ODI debut (cap 122) | 19 May 1993 v Australia |
| Last ODI | 2 July 2002 v Sri Lanka |
| ODI shirt no. | 9 |
| Years | Team |
| 1988–2005 | Surrey |
Source: CricInfo, 29 November 2007 | |
Graham Paul ThorpeMBE (1 August 1969 – 4 August 2024) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Surrey, and represented England in 100 Test matches. He also played 82 One Day Internationals (ODIs) including appearances at the 1996 and 1999 World Cups and deputised as captain