RIP Graham Thorpe

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  1. jud

    judith charmers Well-Known Member

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    Another sad sporting passing, 55 years old!!

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    judith charmers, Aug 5, 2024
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    Sad loss to his family and to cricket
    RIP Graham
     
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    Very sad, obviously been unwell for a while but kept very private, which is his and his family’s prerogative of course.

    One or sporting heroes growing up. What a player, and seemed such a nice bloke too. Gutted.
     
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    Top batter in his day. That’s really sad news, only 55.
    RIP Graham.
     
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    One of the best for Surrey and England. RIP .
     
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    Really sad news, a terrific batsman for county and country 44.66 average at international level and 16 centuries too, a very stylish cricketer and he will be greatly missed.
     
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    An absolute master of recovering us from top order collapses

    RIP Graham
     
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    RIP Graham, a great left handed batsman , gone too soon.
     
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    Of which were plenty, his attitude was integral to turning almost certain defeat into a respectable result.
     
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    55 no age! RIP Graham a proper cricketer for England
     
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    Fantastic cricketer who was an entertaining watch - RIP
     
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    Sad news indeed.
    Along with Gower and Cook he was one of our best left handed batters I’ve seen.
    He seemed so genuine when I met him in a hospitality “do” at Headingley.
    RIP sir
     
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    R.I.P. His partnership with Nasser Hussain in the 1997 Ashes series was one of my first proper cricket memories. Inspirational.
     
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    Such sad news, no age, thoughts go out to his family.
    Classy batsman on his day, RIP Thorpey
     
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    RIP Graham
     
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    His average of just under 45 is skewed by him very often being at the crease at 20/3 or worse.

    In a better side (which we were seeing towards his eventual retirement) he’d have scored and averaged even more. He was the best in the team in the mid to late nineties by a mile.

    I still think they got it wrong dropping him before the 05 ashes. They made it all about him or KP, but I’d have picked both and blooded Ian Bell in slightly later.

    Doesn’t matter now.

    Thanks for the memories, he was my favourite player when I watched as a kid, well, him and Gough.

    No age, and whatever ailment he suffered he’s free from now.
     
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    A truly great batsmen that regularly shone in a generally weak team. A mixture of ticker and technique. Probably one of my 3 favourite batsmen (alongside Gooch and Robin Smith).

    Such a shame he's gone so soon, but perhaps a relief from what seemed to be a lengthy illness.
     
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    Was great to watch RIP
     
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    And the fact that he was a fellow 'kaggie' hander as well.
    And at 55, aww what a shame. He was a top County and International player. :(
     
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