Former England cricketer Graham Thorpe dies at the age of 55

Thorpe, the former England and Sussex batter who has also coached the England Cricket team was announced to be dead by the ECB

The ECB announced on August 5, Monday that former England and Surrey batter, Graham Thorpe has died aged 55.

Thorpe, who played a total of 100 Test matches for England and also went on to work as batting coach for the senior men’s team, was taken ‘seriously ill’ in 2022, shortly after being named as Afghanistan’s head coach.

“It is with great sadness that we share the news that Graham Thorpe, MBE, has passed away. There seem to be no appropriate words to describe the deep shock we feel at Graham’s death. More than one of England’s finest ever batters, he was a beloved member of the cricket family and revered by fans all over the world,” read an ECB statement.

Thorpe was a great left-handed batter, and right-handed bowler who played 82 one-day internationals for England. He played a further 189 first-class matches for Surrey and in all scored 49 first-class centuries, including 16 Test hundreds for England, at an average of 45.04 before his retirement in 2005. Thorpe scored over 9,000 runs in ODI’s and Tests combined for the Three Lions.