The Cricket Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Thorpe by opponent:

Australia 45.74
Bangladesh 81.33
India 35.37
New Zealand 53.23
Pakistan 51.61
South Africa 35.88
Sri Lanka 49.92
West Indies 42.43
Zimbabwe 23.33

Thorpe by calendar year:

1993 46.00
1994 39.56
1995 40.90
1996 35.78
1997 53.84
1998 30.50
1999 24.50
2000 42.22
2001 54.90
2002 52.60
2003 44.30
2004 73.15
2005 40.16

 

[Carrotdude]

Considering how bad we were for a lot of his career and how tough it was for batters in that era he really was a superstar.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

 

[Tony Towner]

Similar early first third of his career to Root, a lot of nice 70s without going on. Like Root he fixed it.

 

[BillyDee]

That lifted knee pull shot. Just class.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

19 years ago today. Flintoff's career was one of moments more than sustained greatness, but when he was on, he was on.

 

[Carrotdude]

He was very special on his day. Always wonder the player he’d have been if he’d been more committed to his fitness when he was still playing.

I saw a new programme of his being advertised the other day and I hadn’t quite realised the mess that his top gear crash had caused.

 

[Dinowolf]

IMO Thorpe was pure class; a quality player full of style and panache.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Sensitive, warm and a wonderful team-mate: my friend Graham Thorpe

The former England cricketer, who died aged 55 on Sunday, was unquestionably the most complete batsman of our generation and a rock in the middle order

www.thetimes.com

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He was very special on his day. Always wonder the player he’d have been if he’d been more committed to his fitness when he was still playing.

I saw a new programme of his being advertised the other day and I hadn’t quite realised the mess that his top gear crash had caused.

Different era of course. I think he was a much better bowler than his final figures suggest, but his batting pretty much was what it was. Stokes is a far better batsman than he ever was.

 

[Tony Towner]

Not played one first class or list a game since his miracle of nearly 2 years ago to keep them up

https://twitter.com/x/status/1821903005006082077

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Stokes knacked playing The Hundred

 

[Tony Towner]

Not a fan, but the online blaming is bizarre, he should be playing for his county or his country if we didn't step aside for this charade, he could have got injured doing that. The Hundred has many ills, Stokes getting injured playing in it isn't one.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yeah, I'm not in that boat, was just reporting the news on this occasion as I doubt many were watching (I wasn't either but got told).

I imagine it'll just be Cox in at 6 and Lawrence (has been main spinner for Surrey all season) and Root will bowl more than they otherwise would have done.

 

[Tony Towner]

The serious illness turns out to have been depression. So sad

Graham Thorpe’s daughter: He loved us and his life before illness took over

Family of Graham Thorpe, who died last week aged 55, tell Mike Atherton about former England star’s struggle with anxiety and depression

www.thetimes.com

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Depression is such an absolute cunt. Dreadful what it does to people.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Jumped in front of a train

I've been in those incredibly low moments and to be honest sometimes I wonder how I'm still alive. I got lucky, I got better (within reason). Some people just don't.

So horrendously tragic.

 

[sycophantia]

Jumped in front of a train

I've been in those incredibly low moments and to be honest sometimes I wonder how I'm still alive. I got lucky, I got better (within reason). Some people just don't.

So horrendously tragic.

It's great to see you happier and more positive these days (if thats the right terminology)
As for Thorpe, most of us can't imagine what he went through to take such action.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I can only tell you how I felt (or how I remember how I felt). I knew that people loved me, I knew that people valued me but it just didn't register. All I could hear were the internal voices telling me it was all over and in the long run it'd be better for everyone if I were gone and at least I wouldn't be in pain any more.

It's totally irrational stuff and you block out any and all positive stuff because it's not what your mind (my bipolar mind in my case, I don't know what Graham specifically had, there are many different shit flavours of this disease) wants to hear.

I'm not being overly dramatic when I say it was a toss of a coin, more than once. Now I know now in the cold light of day, when I've got the right medication, the right mindset, the right lifestyle, the right behaviours and the right company around me, how awful it would have been if I'd done it. The ultimate permanent solution to a temporary problem. But living with it is absolute hell, I can promise you.

His family seem vocal in hoping that some good can come out of such a tragedy, that people who are struggling go and seek help, which takes incredible strength on their part.

 

[Tony Towner]

Sri Lanka getting hammered by a Lions c team