Graham THORPE

Graham Thorpe - England - Test Record v South Africa

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 06 September 2003

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    • POSITION
      Left Hand Bat, Right Arm Medium
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Friday, 01 August 1969
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Farnham, England. Died 5th August 2024 aged 55.
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Graham THORPE - England - Test Record v South Africa

Graham THorpe is pictured above during his magnificent innings of 116 in the 5th Test against

South Africa at his home ground, The Oval, which England won by 9 wickets to level the series

at 2-2. It marked a triumphant return for Thorpe who was playing his first Test match in

nearly 14 months.  Graham Thorpe committed suicide on 5th August 2024 aged 55.

 


Date Test Venue 1st 2nd Ct Result

04/08/94 2 Leeds 72 73 0 Match Drawn

18/08/94 3 The Oval 79 15* 2 won by 8 wickets

16/11/95 1 Centurion 13 dnb 0 Match Drawn

30/11/95 2 Johannesburg 34 17 0 Match Drawn

14/12/95 3 Durban 2 dnb 0 Match Drawn

26/12/95 4 Port Elizabeth 27 12* 1 Match Drawn

02/01/96 5 Cape Town 20 59 0 lost by 10 wickets

04/06/98 1 Birmingham 10 43 0 Match Drawn

18/06/98 2 Lord's 10 0 0 lost by 10 wickets

02/07/98 3 Manchester 0 0 0 Match Drawn

04/09/03 5 The Oval 124 dnb 1 won by 9 wickets

17/12/04 1 Port Elizabeth 4 31* 0 won by 7 wickets

26/12/04 2 Durban 1 118* 3 Match Drawn

02/01/05 3 Cape Town 12 26 0 lost by 196 runs

13/01/05 4 Johannesburg 0 1 0 won by 77 runs

21/01/05 5 Centurion 86 8 1 Match Drawn
 
Summary of above matches
M Runs HS Ave 100s 50s W BB Ave 5w Ct
16 897 124 35.88 2 5 0 - n/a 0 8

 
Summary of all matches
M Runs HS Ave 100s 50s W BB Ave 5w Ct
100 6744 200* 44.66 16 39 0 0-0 n/a 0 105