England cricket team player and former coach Graham Thorpe’s wife Amanda has revealed in an interview that her husband ended his own life due to depression and anxiety.
According to the sports website Circinfo, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced the death of former English cricketer Graham Thorpe last week, saying, “England’s legendary batsman Graham Thorpe has died at 55.”
Graham Thorpe’s wife and daughter have revealed in an interview with fellow player Michael Atherton that he committed suicide due to depression.
It may be recalled that Graham Thorpe was removed as assistant coach after England’s worst 0-4 defeat in the 2021-22 Ashes series and has since taken a break from cricket.
Later, he was due to take over as the head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team but was unable to do so following a suicide attempt in May 2022 and has since been declared ‘critically ill’ in hospital.
Amanda, the wife of the former English cricketer, said in the interview that Graham Thorpe had been suffering from severe anxiety and depression for the past few years, due to which he tried to end his life in May 2022 due to which he was hospitalized for a long time and stayed in intensive care.
“Graham Thorpe was said to be very strong mentally and physically on the field, but mental illness is a disease that can affect anyone; although as a family, we have been very supportive, and his Extensive treatment was done, but nothing helped.
Amanda said that her health had been terrible recently, and she thought that if I ended my life, my wife and daughter would have a better life after me, and she added to our problems by committing suicide.
He said Graham was good enough to attend a dinner at the Oval at the end of 2022; he had his style and saw things differently.
Graham Thorpe’s daughter Kitty said: “We are not ashamed to talk about our father’s illness because there is nothing to hide. It was not a scar but an illness that he was fighting, and we were helping.
Graham Tharp started his international career in 1993 and scored a century in his first match of the Ashes series, becoming the first British player to do so in 20 years.
He was a regular member of the English cricket team and played 100 Tests, scoring 16 centuries. He also played 82 ODIs and was associated with Surrey County for 17 years.
He played his last Test in 2005. He remarried in 2007 and has four children after separating from his first wife in 2002.
