New Posts For Thread: Graham Thorpe seriously ill in hospital.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospitalOnly 52, hope he recovers soon.No ideas as to his illness.He is well respected all over the World particularly young fans. I saw him interview a girl teen sensation in Bombay, Rodrigues I think. You could really see the respect she had for him. The ECB are missing a trick in not using him as an Ambassador fhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562280751#562280751He is well respected all over the World particularly young fans. I saw him interview a girl teen sensation in Bombay, Rodrigues I think. You could really see the respect she had for him. The ECB are missing a trick in not using him as an Ambassador fTue, 14 Jun 2022 08:02:18 -0500My brother & I went out for a beer in Perth during Ashes series in 98/99 & stumbled upon Naz & a few other England players drinking in same bar. Very approachable, genuine guy, & happy to chat to England fans. Excellent in the comm box & did a wonderhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562280521#562280521My brother & I went out for a beer in Perth during Ashes series in 98/99 & stumbled upon Naz & a few other England players drinking in same bar. Very approachable, genuine guy, & happy to chat to England fans. Excellent in the comm box & did a wonderTue, 14 Jun 2022 07:10:18 -0500I saw him grinding it out at Sabina Park in 2004, Best and Edwards coming out of the Blue Mountains at 94mph! Tough guy too! That is also the first time I started to respect Nasser Hussein. I tried to get him arrested for impersonating a cricketer ashttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562280257#562280257I saw him grinding it out at Sabina Park in 2004, Best and Edwards coming out of the Blue Mountains at 94mph! Tough guy too! That is also the first time I started to respect Nasser Hussein. I tried to get him arrested for impersonating a cricketer asTue, 14 Jun 2022 06:25:53 -0500You see his winning knock vs NZ in the TB test shown yesterday. Fabulous square cutter, on drive, cover drive… had all the shots as well as able to rein it in when needs must. So, yes, he had flair but could also grind it out. Definitely among Englhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562279843#562279843You see his winning knock vs NZ in the TB test shown yesterday. Fabulous square cutter, on drive, cover drive… had all the shots as well as able to rein it in when needs must. So, yes, he had flair but could also grind it out. Definitely among EnglTue, 14 Jun 2022 03:55:30 -0500Flair?I saw him as a grinderhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562264323#562264323Flair?I saw him as a grinderWed, 08 Jun 2022 06:50:34 -0500Batted with flair but also knew how to grind out a test innings, meant to add.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562264249#562264249Batted with flair but also knew how to grind out a test innings, meant to add.Wed, 08 Jun 2022 06:34:38 -0500Really hope Thorpe recovers. A proper Test batsmen and England's best middle order batsman in his pomp. Batted with flair but would never give his wicket away… the current Eng test batsmen should go and study how Thorpe used to bat to understand hohttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562264247#562264247Really hope Thorpe recovers. A proper Test batsmen and England's best middle order batsman in his pomp. Batted with flair but would never give his wicket away… the current Eng test batsmen should go and study how Thorpe used to bat to understand hoWed, 08 Jun 2022 06:33:31 -0500Good player, not great - never achieved what his talent promised.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562245167#562245167Good player, not great - never achieved what his talent promised.Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:02:49 -0500Thorpe is my favourite ever England player - loved watching him bat, definitely a man for the big occasion and he played some superb knocks for England - agree about the Tudor incident tho, that was just bananas. Hope he recovers quicklyhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562221441#562221441Thorpe is my favourite ever England player - loved watching him bat, definitely a man for the big occasion and he played some superb knocks for England - agree about the Tudor incident tho, that was just bananas. Hope he recovers quicklyTue, 24 May 2022 08:42:33 -0500Symonds best fielder I ever saw at the 2006/7 5-0 Ashes drubbing. Shocked to read this. Three good Aussies lost in such a short time.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31757145/graham-thorpe-seriously-ill-in-hospital?post_id=562198575#562198575Symonds best fielder I ever saw at the 2006/7 5-0 Ashes drubbing. Shocked to read this. Three good Aussies lost in such a short time.Sun, 15 May 2022 13:46:11 -0500