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Former England Batter Graham Thorpe Passes Away at 55

Previous Britain hitter Graham Thorpe, who played in 100 Tests and 82 ODIs for the Three Lions during his 12-drawn-out worldwide profession, died at 55 years old on Monday, August 5.

The Britain and Grains Cricket Board took to X (previously Twitter) to affirm the fresh insight about the previous left-given center request hitter’s downfall.

“It is with incredible bitterness that we share the news that Graham Thorpe, MBE, has died. There appear to be no fitting words to portray the profound shock we feel at Graham’s demise,” the ECB said in a proclamation.

“More than one of Britain’s best at any point players, he was a cherished individual from the cricket family and worshipped by fans everywhere. His expertise was unchallenged, and his capacities and accomplishments across a 13-year worldwide profession gave such a lot of joy to his partners and Britain and Surrey CCC allies the same. Afterward, as a mentor, he directed the best Britain men’s ability to a few unbelievable triumphs across all organizations of the game.”

“The cricket world is in grieving today. Our hearts go out to his significant other Amanda, his kids, father Geoff, and the entirety of his loved ones during this incomprehensibly troublesome time. We will continuously recollect Graham for his uncommon commitments to the game.”

Thorpe made his global presentation for Britain against Australia in Manchester on May 19, 1993. His most memorable red-ball match for the Poms was additionally against the Aussies in Nottingham on July 1 during the 1993 Cinders series. He scored a hundred years (114*) in the second inning of his presentation match as a No. 7 player.

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During his 12-extended Test profession, Thorpe amassed a sum of 6744 runs for the English group. His profession best score was 200 runs, which he made against New Zealand during a Test match played in Christchurch from Walk 14 to 18 out of 2002.

In ODIs, Thorpe scored 2380 runs in 77 innings of 82 matches. He completed his vocation with 21 half-hours of years for Britain in the 50-over organization of the game and furthermore got two wickets. He addressed Britain in the 1996 and 1999 ODI World Cups too.

After his retirement Thorpe likewise filled in as the batting mentor of Britain’s senior men’s group.