The Professional Cricketers Association said on Tuesday that former England cricket player and coach Graham Thorpe is getting treatment at the hospital and is “seriously ill.” His family also clarified this. Here in this article, we talk about England Coach Graham Thorpe ‘Seriously Ill’ and he Is Hospitalized.
Thorpe, who is 52 years old, was just appointed head coach of Afghanistan’s men’s team. Previously this year, he has been removed as England’s batting coach after a disappointing 0-4 Ashes loss to Australia. Thorpe’s upcoming job with the Afghanistan team will be when they perform against Zimbabwe coming month.
Thorpe’s health status is unknown at this time, and the family requests confidentiality. “Graham Thorpe has recently fallen seriously ill and is currently in hospital receiving treatment”.
“His prognosis is unclear at this stage and we ask for privacy for him and his family at this time. Our thoughts are with Graham and his family.”
“The thoughts of everyone at the Club are with Graham, his wife Amanda, and family at this time. He is an icon of the English game, known by millions of cricket fans and forever a favorite son of Surrey CCC”, On getting the news, Surrey Cricket sent their wishes for the former cricketer’s full and speedy recovery.
Since such news emerged, the whole English Cricket Community has been in astonishment, as Graham Thorpe, the veteran Surrey left-hander, is considered one of the greatest English cricketers of all time, having played 100 Tests. The excellent left-handed batsman has amassed 6,744 Test runs for England, averaging 44.66, with 16 centuries and 39 half-centuries under his belt.
In his Test debut, he achieved an undefeated century versus Australia in the 2nd innings, thumping 114 runs. In 2002, he scored an undefeated 200* versus New Zealand for the highest score in his 12-year Test career.
His previous association with Australia, where he interacted with some of the game’s greatest players, including Steve Smith and David Warner, before his appointment as England’s batting coach with the ECB. When Trevor Bayliss and Chris Silverwood were coaching the senior side, he contributed as an assistant, finally taking over as captain in the Sydney Test versus Australia this winter when Silverwood was caught for COVID-19.
