RememberingGraham Thorpe on hisbirth anniversary

The England cricketers and followers remembered Graham Thorpe on his 56th delivery anniversary right here on Friday. The former England batter handed away final August in Surrey, with a coroner ruling the loss of life a suicide.

It was certainly a ‘A Day for Thorpey’ at The Oval, as his mates and teammates paid tribute to the left-hander, who scored 6,744 Test runs at a median of 44.66 in 100 matches from 1993 to 2005.

The gamers wore headbands, with a silhouette of Thorpe and his initials, throughout the coaching. His spouse Amanda and daughter Emma had been current to ring the bell forward of the second day’s play.

Ben Stokes recalled the impression Thorpe had on his profession and the group. “Thorpey has been a really influential character as a participant and a coach in English cricket. A couple of of us in that dressing room spent a whole lot of time with him coming via the ranks and, as we obtained into the primary (England) group, Thorpey spent a whole lot of years round us,” Stokes mentioned.

Surrey, the membership that Thorpe represented all through his profession, additionally honoured his legacy with a mural exterior the bottom.

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