Notable Obituaries.

The former England cricketer and coach Graham Thorpe, one of the finest Test batters of his generation, has died at the age of 55.

Thorpe was a fluent left-handed batter – and right-handed bowler – who played precisely 100 Tests as well as 82 one-day internationals during a 12-year international career. He played a further 189 first-class matches for Surrey and in all scored 49 first-class centuries, averaging 45.04, before his retirement in 2005.
 
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