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Test Match Special

Graham Thorpe Remembered

Test Match Special

BBC

News, Cricket, Sports News, Sports

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Steve Crossman is joined by the former England spinner Phil Tufnell, the former England opener Michael Carberry and England and Welsh Fire bowler Georgia Elwiss to celebrate the life and career of Graham Thorpe following his death last week at the age of 55.

The panel share their memories and stories of playing alongside Thorpe, who scored 6,744 runs in 100 Tests and 2,380 runs in 82 one-day internationals during his 12-year England career.

The former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis also joins the podcast to reflect on one of England's most iconic test match victories when Graham Thorpe guided England to their first series victory in Pakistan for 39 years in the pitch-black darkness in Karachi.

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0:48.0

Hello, welcome to this special episode of the Test Match Special Podcast with me Steve Crossman as we celebrate

0:56.2

the life and career of Graham Thore following his death last week at the age of 55. 6,744 runs in 100 tests, 2,380 runs in 82 one day

1:11.5

internationals. He played at two World Cups and later became a batting coach for England's

1:16.1

test and Whiteball teams. His family have announced that he'd been suffering from depression and anxiety and that he'd

1:24.9

taken his own life. They've been speaking in an interview in the Times with the

1:28.6

former England captain Mike Atherton. Depression is an illness.

1:33.5

And his family have spoken really bravely about it in that piece,

1:36.3

making the crucial point amongst many other crucial points

1:39.2

that there should be no stigma around it.

1:42.0

As they say, it's okay not to be okay. With us we have got

1:47.7

Graham Thupp's former teammates, Phil Tuffnell and Michael Carberry and

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