The Skilled Cricketers Affiliation on Tuesday introduced that former England cricketer and coach Graham Thorpe is present process remedy on the hospital and is “severely ailing” as his household additionally confirmed the identical.
Thorpe, 52, was lately named head coach of Afghanistan’s males’s squad after being sacked as England‘s batting coach following a dreadful 0-4 Ashes defeat in opposition to Australia earlier this 12 months. Thorpe’s subsequent project with the Afghanistan crew is scheduled for subsequent month once they play in opposition to Zimbabwe.
Based on the assertion shared, Thorpe’s prognosis in unclear as of now and the household is in search of privateness at this stage. “Graham Thorpe has lately fallen severely ailing and is at present in hospital receiving remedy. His prognosis is unclear at this stage and we ask for privateness for him and his household presently. Our ideas are with Graham and his household,” learn the assertion shared by PCA on behalf of Thorpe’s household.
Surrey Cricket hoped for fast restoration of Thorpe
After PCA broke the information, the Surrey Cricket shared their needs for the previous cricketer’s speedy restoration saying: “The ideas of everybody on the Membership are with Graham, his spouse Amanda, and household presently. He’s an icon of the English recreation, identified by thousands and thousands of cricket followers and ceaselessly a favourite son of Surrey CCC.”
Ever because the information broke out, your entire English Cricket Group is below grave shock as Graham Thorpe, the previous Surrey left-hander, is thought to be among the finest English cricketers of his time having performed exactly 100 Assessments. The sensible left-handed batter hit 16 a whole bunch and 39 half-centuries throughout his profession and has scored 6,744 Check runs for England, averaging 44.66.
He had a memorable Check debut, when he scored an unbeaten ton in opposition to Australia within the second innings of the match, smashing 114 runs. His private finest rating in his 12-year lengthy Check profession got here in opposition to New Zealand when he knocked an unbeaten 200* within the 12 months 2002.
Earlier than beginning his time period with the ECB because the crew’s batting coach, he was related to Australia the place he labored with some high gamers like Steve Smith and David Warner. He served as an assistant with the senior squad below Trevor Bayliss and Chris Silverwood finally taking on the management within the Sydney Check in opposition to Australia this winter after Silverwood contracted COVID-19.
