The England cricketers and followers remembered Graham Thorpe on his first death anniversary right here on Friday. The former England batter handed away final August in Surrey, with a coroner ruling the death a suicide.
It was certainly a ‘A Day for Thorpey’ at The Oval, as his buddies and teammates paid tribute to the left-hander, who scored 6,744 Test runs at a mean of 44.66 in 100 matches from 1993 to 2005.
The gamers wore headbands, with a silhouette of Thorpe and his initials, in the course of 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 affect Thorpe had on his profession and the crew. “Thorpey has been a very influential character as a player and a coach in English cricket. A few of us in that dressing room spent a lot of time with him coming through the ranks and, as we got into the main (England) team, Thorpey spent a lot of years around us,” Stokes mentioned.
Surrey, the membership that Thorpe represented all through his profession, additionally honoured his legacy with a mural outdoors the bottom.
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