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Thorpe's widow says 'he would still be alive' with better support

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:06:32 GMT

"If he'd had just a little bit of the support framework, it would have made all the difference"

Oval Test to feature 'Day for Thorpey' in commemoration of Graham Thorpe

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:20:08 GMT

Second day of England-India Test would have been former England batter's 56th birthday

New Zealand and England to compete for Crowe-Thorpe Trophy

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 02:00:21 GMT

Wood from bats used by the two players have been made into the new trophy

Joe Root dedicates record-equalling 33rd Test century to Graham Thorpe

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:03:23 GMT

Late batter and coach was early champion and mentor who pushed for Root's Test elevation

England to pay tribute to Graham Thorpe during Old Trafford Test

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:05:24 GMT

Minute's applause and black armbands will commemorate batter who took own life this month

Graham Thorpe struck by train; family confirms he 'took his own life'

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:05:54 GMT

"We are not ashamed of talking about it - there is nothing to hide and it is not a stigma," Thorpe's elder daughter Kitty says

Former England batter Graham Thorpe dies aged 55

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:55:25 GMT

Thorpe had worked in coaching until being taken seriously ill in 2022

Afghanistan to look for new head coach after Thorpe illness

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:46:04 GMT

In Thorpe's absence, Afghanistan have operated with local coach Raees Khan Ahmadzai at the helm on an interim basis

Graham Thorpe 'seriously ill' in hospital

Tue, 10 May 2022 14:26:03 GMT

Statement issued on behalf of family says that "prognosis is unclear"

Graham Thorpe named as new head coach of Afghanistan

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:30:34 GMT

Rapid return to international coaching for former England assistant in wake of Ashes

Moeen Ali praises sacked Chris Silverwood as a 'good guy' who looked after players

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 20:09:55 GMT

England allrounder, who retired from Tests last year, says coaching changes were inevitable after poor Ashes

Joe Root to remain England Test captain as Graham Thorpe becomes latest Ashes casualty

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:33:02 GMT

ECB set to appoint interim coach for West Indies tour with squad to be picked by panel

Graham Thorpe under scrutiny amid reports that cigar smoking caused police intervention

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:53:06 GMT

Assistant coach filmed footage of police's 6am arrival at team hotel in Hobart

ECB launches inquiry after Root and Anderson are seen among 'intoxicated people' at Hobart team hotel

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:51:06 GMT

"Time for bed, thank you" - police had to be called in to send the merrymakers, which included Australians Lyon, Head and Carey, to their hotel rooms as the noise continued till just after 6am

Graham Thorpe calls on England's batters to save Sydney Test

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 10:12:11 GMT

Bairstow, Buttler and Stokes backed to battle through injuries to play their part

Covid-19 situation 'a distraction', says Thorpe; Cummins agrees 'it's been really tough' for England

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 05:52:43 GMT

England's stand-in coach expects "caged tigers" Stokes and Broad to make a mark in the SCG Test

Graham Thorpe: England batters given 'wake-up call' by Ashes mauling

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 13:18:42 GMT

Adam Hollioake added to coaching staff after Covid-19 isolation rules hit tourists

Graham Thorpe to oversee England quarantine training in Australia

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:29:05 GMT

White-ball coaches to link up post-World Cup, as Collingwood warns about bubble life

Sam Curran a 'real competitor' who thrives under pressure, says Graham Thorpe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Experience at IPL has helped allrounder push his case in white-ball formats

'Players have got to show desperation and earn the right to stay in the side' - Thorpe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

"Whatever technique you have, the basics are still the same," says assistant coach

Graham Thorpe: 'Adapting to the pink ball will be key'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Anderson, Archer, Crawley and Bairstow all likely to be fit and competing for selection

Foakes - 'Extremely tough pitch, we've got to apply ourselves'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

"If the ball is moving around 140-145 clicks that has to be more challenging than somebody bowling at 85-90" - Ashwin

Graham Thorpe - Joe Root's example is one for all England players to follow

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Batting coach praises captain ahead of 100th Test, and challenges team to take his lead

ECB step up coaching recruitments for England men's squads

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Adverts for batting, pace-bowling and spin coaches unveiled after short-term appointments in 2020

Tom Banton's emergence 'creates competition' for England top order

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, England's interim head coach, hails Banton's "clinical" innings

Hope refuses to die as England embrace the chaos in their ranks

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ravaged by illness and arguing among themselves, somehow England aren't dead yet in first Test

England still in limbo as New Zealand series provides inconclusive Test reboot

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Chris Woakes and Ollie Pope advance their red-ball cases, but the rest show little we didn't know

England need 'resilient cricketers' in overseas conditions, says Graham Thorpe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

'We're still a developing side' claims batting coach after England toil to draw in Hamilton

Thorpe criticises poor shot selection but says England can still win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Batting coach calls on England do "something special" after disastrous day at Headingley

Five selection shockers that came back to haunt the brains trust

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rarely has a line-up been made to look quite so wrong-headed as in Barbados, but here are five more blunders that came back to haunt selectors.

Vince, Stoneman and the story of their mixed results

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Although they couldn't convert their half-centuries, James Vince and Mark Stoneman have probably done enough to feature in the home Tests against Pakistan

Farbrace turns down Surrey approach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo understands that Paul Farbrace, England's assistant coach, has emerged as a top target to succeed Graham Ford at Surrey

Thorpe wisdom benefits Lions

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe feels the international scheduling is such that he is looking at whether the England Lions are good enough not for a ten-year career at the highest level, but an eight-year one

Thorpe appointed one-day batting coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England have named Graham Thorpe as batting coach for the one-day international and Twenty20 series in New Zealand in a decision which moves further towards separate coaching set-ups for the Test and one-day sides.

Pressure on Bopara as Taylor shines

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the England Lions batting coach, believes James Taylor would be ready for the challenges of Test cricket should a chance arise

Thorpe named ECB lead batting coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the former England batsman, has been appointed the ECB national lead batting coach, replacing Dene Hills who will join Australia later this year

Thorpe to join Lions as batting coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the former England and Surrey batsman, has been appointed batting coach for the England Lions tour of the United Arab Emirates in February.

England must pick Wright - Thorpe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has called for Luke Wright's inclusion in Andrew Flintoff's old No.7 spot

Thorpe returns to Surrey as batting coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the former England and Surrey left-hander, has returned to The Oval as the club's specialist batting coach

Blues name Thorpe as assistant coach

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe will continue his association with New South Wales as the state's assistant coach for 2007-08

Pietersen plays down captaincy ambitions

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kevin Pietersen insists he is quite happy just being one of the troops in England's one-day side, despite suggestions from some high-profile pundits, including Graham Thorpe and David Lloyd, that he should be offered the one-day captaincy in place of Mich

Thorpe backs Pietersen as ODI captain

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe feels Michael Vaughan should retire from one-day cricket to make way for Kevin Pietersen as the next captain

Border claims Pietersen left tour too quickly

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Allan Border and Graham Thorpe have questioned the speed at which Kevin Pietersen left the tour of Australia after cracking a rib

Surrey honour 20 of their greats

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The regeneration of Surrey's headquarters at The Oval will include an honouring of its previous generations, after it was announced that the club intends to name certain sections of the newly rebuilt Vauxhall End after 20 of its greatest players

Thorpe awarded MBE

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the former England batsman, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours

No room for Thorpe in NSW squad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New South Wales have overlooked Graham Thorpe, the former England batsman, as they push for a Pura Cup final berth against Tasmania

Thorpe eyes first-class return with NSW

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the 100-Test England veteran, is a contender to resume his first-class career and help New South Wales push for back-to-back Pura Cups

Gilbert excited about Thorpe's NSW arrival

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

New South Wales chief executive David Gilbert says Graham Thorpe will have a big role to play on and off the field for the state when he arrives at the state in the new year

Thorpe unlikely to play for New South Wales

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe is unlikely to play for New South Wales in the 2005- 06 season

Farewell and thanks for the memories

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricinfo take a look at the major players who have retired after or during the 2005 English season

Thorpe accuses ECB of breaking promise

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has expressed disenchantment with theECB which, he claims, told players they would not have to travel to Zimbabwe against their wishes

Thorpe to retire from first-class cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the former England middle-order batsman, has announced that he plans to retire from all forms of the game at the end of the season

Thorpe: 'No going back'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has reaffirmed his decision to retire from international cricket, insisting that there will be "no going back, under any cicumstances," writing for the Mail on Sunday today.

Thorpe retires from international cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has announced his retirement from international cricket.

Notts in control against Warwickshire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A round-up of the action from the latest round of County Championship matches

Lumb secures Yorkshire's progress

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Lumb and Ian Harvey guided Yorkshire into the semi-finals of the C&G Trophy

Watson's hundred sends through Hampshire in thriller

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Watson smashed a coruscating century to take Hampshire home in a thrilling high-scoring chase at The Oval

Pietersen edges out Thorpe in Ashes squad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kevin Pietersen has been included in the squad of 12 for England's first Ashes Test against Australia at Lord's

England prepare to name squad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

This morning, David Graveney, England's chairman of selectors, will announce the squad to face Australia at Lord's

Thorpe declares himself fit

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the England middle-order batsman, has declared himself fit

England wait on Thorpe fitness

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England are expected to find out today [Monday] if Graham Thorpe is fit for the Ashes

Thorpe awarded NSW contract

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the English middle-order batsman, is one of the 18 players who have been awarded full contracts with New South Wales for the 2005-06 season

Graveney hints at Pietersen selection

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kevin Pietersen looks set to make his Ashes debut for England at Lord's later this month after impressing the England selectors.

'It's difficult to judge how much we've got out of the Tests'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Vaughan says the ease with which England beat Bangladesh doesn't provide a true gauge of the Ashes series

Hoggard wraps up series early on third day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England wrapped up the second Test after just 17 minutes of the third day at Chester-le-Street

Bangladesh take match into third day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Bangladesh put up stern resistance to take the match into the third day at Durham

England's Mr Consistent

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

What the numbers say about Graham Thorpe

Thorpe gears up for final challenge

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Against Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street on Friday, Graham Thorpe becomes the eighth England cricketer to play in 100 Tests

Giles ruled out of second Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ashley Giles has been ruled of the second Test against Bangladesh, in Durham

Waugh's warning for Thorpe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe must play at a regular intensity unfamiliar to county cricket if his move to New South Wales is going to be a success

Thorpe not guaranteed to play for NSW

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has signed a contract to play for New South Wales in the coming Australian season

Thorpe signs for New South Wales

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has signed a contract to play for New South Wales in the coming Australian season

Surrey overpower brave Scotland

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe spent some welcome time in the middle as Surrey overcame a spirted Scotland effort at The Grange

Thorpe resolved to fight for England place

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has resolved to fight for his England place

Thorpe warns England not to be intimidated

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe, the England batsman, has urged his team not to be intimidated by Australia's reputation when the Ashes begin at Lords' on July 27

Ups and downs on a roller-coaster ride

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The series began with accusations of England being 'undercooked', but by the end of an incredible five Tests in six weeks, there was hardly a player on either side who had not been baked half to death by the unrelenting itinerary

The roller-coaster to success

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Thrill-seekers the world over could not have come close to matching the cling-on-for-dear-life twists and turns that have been served up in this series, says Andrew Miller

Sands of time running out on South Africa

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England did enough on the fourth day at Centurion to ensure that this match, and with it all hopes of squaring the series, is now beyond South Africa

England wobble among the storms

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England ended a rain-blighted third day at Centurion on 114 for 4 in reply to South Africa's 247

Darkness - and de Villiers - thwart England at Durban

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Darkness drove the players from the field just before 4.30pm at Durban - around half-an-hour before the scheduled close - handing South Africa a lifeline after England had seemed certain to wrap up the match, and with it a 2-0 lead

Return of the killer instinct

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Wisden Verdict

England on top after Thorpe's 16th century

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A superb unbeaten hundred from Graham Thorpe put England in the driving seat as South Africa ended the fourth day needing a mountainous 357 to win at Durban

Knowing how to chase

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Wisden Verdict

England make it eight wins in a row

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andrew Strauss made short work of wrapping up an historic victory for England on the final morning of the first Test at Port Elizabeth

Thorpe urges England not to panic

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As a man who has helped carry England's batting through thick and mostly thin over the past decade, Graham Thorpe is not the type of character to allow himself to be fazed by one blip in an otherwise matchless year for the national side

Bell misses out on tour spot

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Despite an impressive Test debut at The Oval last week, Ian Bell has missed out on selection for England's tour of South Africa this winter, as Mark Butcher and Graham Thorpe return after injury

England's evolution

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Watching England in 2004 has been like watching one of those time-lapse photography sequences so beloved of David Attenborough

England's evolution

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Watching England in 2004 has been like watching one of those time-lapse photography sequences so beloved of David Attenborough

Thorpe and Butcher will miss final Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England were dealt a double injury blow today with the news that Graham Thorpe will miss the final Test after breaking a finger at Old Trafford, while Mark Butcher has collected yet another muscle injury and will miss the game too

West Indies take the honours in absorbing day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Test cricket teaches you that good things come to those who wait

England line up the knockout punch

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Wisden Trophy has gone already, the captain is under fire from all angles, and their opponents have a series whitewash in their sights

Onus on England to live up to their billing

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Four months ago, while England were rampaging to victory in the Caribbean, it was tempting to be a little bit blasé about the prospects for the return series - the so-called highlight of the English summer - that begins at Lord's tomorrow morning

England sound out Thorpe for one-day comeback

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As England's one-day form continues to depress, an article the Mail claims that Graham Thorpe was approached and asked whether he was prepared to go back on his retirement from ODIs to help bail England out

Team England is beginning to gel

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andrew Miller gives his marks out of ten for England's performance against New Zealand

A powerful cat among pigeons

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Emma John's verdict on the fourth day's play at Trent Bridge

Thorpe leads England to victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe led England to a memorable four-wicket victory in the third and final Test at Trent Bridge to complete the series whitewash against New Zealand

Hussain will go with dignity

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The history of Test cricket is littered with tales of courage

The Paper Round - Hussain will go with dignity

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The history of Test cricket is littered with tales of courage

Hussain hundred seals famous win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Nasser Hussain rose to meet the vultures with a glorious unbeaten hundred, adding 108 for the third wicket with Andrew Strauss and 142 more with Graham Thorpe, as England overcame New Zealand to win the first Test at Lord's by seven wickets

Thorpe undecided on Zimbabwe tour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has criticised the England board and the government for failing to make a firm decision on whether England will tour Zimbabwe this autumn