Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
[Cricket] Graham Thorpe RIP
- Thread starter Titanic
- Start date
Mellor 3 Ward 4
Well-known member
Very sad.
Quality batsman.
Quality batsman.
Edgbaston '97.
50-3 becomes 338-4!
Hussain's 200-odd would not have been possible without Thorpe's ton.
I remember being very close to switching off and doing something else when those two started to build... I watched pretty much every ball in the end.
A hugely talented player. RIP.
Shocking news, same age as me, being a left handed batter like me i loved that guy, was fortunate to see him play live in the West Indies in 2004
doogie004
Well-known member
RIP and thank you
Wasim Akram for Pakistan and Daniel Vettori for New Zealand another couple.
Pietersen fair enough, but Thorpe was also overlooked in favour of Bell, who wasn’t a heavy scorer at the time. It worked out fine of course, and it set Bell up for his own stellar career even if he had a modest series.
It was super hard lines on Thorpe though who dragged England through when we were crap, and was still scoring well. He was jettisoned just as it all came together. That’s sport, and having read his book, I think he reluctantly accepted that. No room for sentiment, and all that. He was also of the generation that narrowly missed out on the riches of T20 franchises.
Quality player who exited test match cricket, with a bit left in the tank imo.
Last edited:
Surrey Phil
Well-known member
- Aug 3, 2010
- 1,521
Dreadful news - RIP Graham! I’m 55 and it’s actually hit me quite hard!
Sussexscots
3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 3, 3, 3, 3 ,3 ,3 3 coach chuggers
Dreadful news. Thorpe was the reassuring presence in England's Middle order throughout the 90's and into the 00's. Tough, uncompromising. Played spin and pace as well as anyone.
Like losing Shane Warne, this one hurts. You don't expect top sportsmen younger than you to pass before you.
RiP Thorpey
Like losing Shane Warne, this one hurts. You don't expect top sportsmen younger than you to pass before you.
RiP Thorpey
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Thorpe's back was knackered by then so he was already playing on borrowed time.
Although Pietersen was regarded as a major untried risk when he was first selected, so it wasn't an inevitable career ending decision immediately.
To be fair to Bell, he went into that series on the back of a big unbeaten hundred in his last innings and with a test average of about 290, so it would have been a bit harsh to drop him.
Anyway, the first test series I watched was the 2001 Ashes (followed by a big gap until 2005 for no apparent reason), and it says something about how unreliable childhood memories are and also Thorpe's reputation that I remember him as being England's best player at the time despite him only playing a single match that series and scoring about 20runs in it. I suspect I spent the whole summer listening to people say that whoever was playing instead was nowhere near as good as him.
RIP
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Had the good fortune to see his elegant stroke play a few times. Vaughan was a close right handed equivalent in just looking poetic when batting.
Very sad news.
I had you down as older then that !
Bring back Bryan wade!!
I wanna caravan for me ma
RIP Graham, thoughts with his family, the greatest England batsman of his generation.
Moving article in The Times today from Athers.
Graham Thorpe killed himself after two years of depression. Cricket has a problem with mental health. David Bairstow, Marcus Trescothick, Mark Ramprakash etc and now this.
Times (Paywall)
Graham Thorpe killed himself after two years of depression. Cricket has a problem with mental health. David Bairstow, Marcus Trescothick, Mark Ramprakash etc and now this.
Times (Paywall)
It’s not just cricket with this problem. I do hope that he had people who tried - at least - to help him.
There's actually a book about cricket and suicides - By his Own Hand by David Frith. it's a long-standing issue in the game. Rather poignantly, the book's foreword is written by Peter Roebuck (who also took his own life)
It's terribly sad to think about Thorpe in such a state and not able to find help but it's a story that's been told so many times
I don't have the words to describe how horrible that is.
When I saw this thread had popped back up, and before opening it, it reminded me that last week Cricket Australia put up the highlights of his hundred at the WACA in 1995. It's well worth a watch.
When I saw this thread had popped back up, and before opening it, it reminded me that last week Cricket Australia put up the highlights of his hundred at the WACA in 1995. It's well worth a watch.
Lenny Rider
Well-known member
- Sep 15, 2010
- 5,805
Its not just cricket the UK has a problem with both mental health and a suicide epidemic, and until the authorities publicly acknowledge this, and start doing something positive, sadly Graham Thorpe will just be another statistic.