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Former England skipper Michael Vaughan and existent Test skipper Ben Stokes have led nan tributes to Graham Thorpe pursuing his decease astatine nan property of 55.
News of nan legendary cricketer's passing connected Monday greeting was greeted by a flood of statements from his erstwhile colleagues, arsenic good arsenic his aged region Surrey and nan England and Wales Cricket Board.
Vaughan, who captained Thorpe towards nan extremity of his Test career, thanked nan near handed batsman for his proposal during his profession and said his thoughts were pinch Thorpe's family.
'RIP Thorpey.' Vaughan wrote connected X. 'Thanks for each nan proposal passim my career, you were a awesome subordinate and a superb team-mate. You person gone acold excessively young but you time off arsenic an England cricket legend... Thoughts pinch each who knew Thorpey and to each nan family xxx.'
Test skipper Stokes tweeted 5 emotion bosom emojis adjacent to a image of Thorpe pinch 564 connected his shirt, denoting his Test headdress number.
Thorpe's erstwhile region Surrey described him arsenic 1 of their 'great sons'.
Chair Oli Slipper said: 'He is simply a fable of Surrey and brought awesome pridefulness to nan Club wearing some nan Three Feathers and nan Three Lions.
'He made outstanding contributions to nan Club arsenic a cricketer, and arsenic a man, and he will beryllium truthful sorely missed.'
Steve Elworthy, Surrey main executive, said: 'Everyone associated pinch nan nine is devastated by nan tragic news of Graham's passing. He achieved singular feats for nine and state and was a leader to truthful galore cricket fans.
'Our thoughts and condolences are pinch Graham's family and friends, to whom we will connection immoderate support that we are capable to. We inquire that everyone respects nan privateness of nan family astatine this incredibly difficult time.'
Former England and Hampshire bowler Shaun Udal lauded a 'great subordinate and quality being' successful a station pursuing nan tragic news.
'Such tragic news astir Graham Thorpe, played pinch and against nan small fable since nan property of 10, awesome subordinate and quality being, truthful young, thoughts pinch his family and friends x,' he wrote.
Another of Thorpe's erstwhile team-mates Derek Pringle said nan batsman was a 'fabulous cricketer' contempt his troubles, writing: 'Graham Thorpe had his demons but this is conscionable specified a sad day…..RIP Thorpey, a fabulous cricketer and squad mate.'
Thorpe played precisely 100 Tests and scored 16 hundreds of years earlier retiring successful 2005.
During his playing career, Thorpe averaged an awesome 44.7 runs successful Test matches. His highest people was 200 not retired and nan talented middle-order batsmen besides played 77 One Day Internationals.
One of his astir memorable Test innings came successful 2000 against Pakistan successful Karachi. After a last time implosion from nan hosts, Thorpe produced an unbeaten 64 successful adjacent acheronian towards nan extremity of his innings to lead England to their first bid triumph successful Pakistan for 39 years, and Pakistan's first nonaccomplishment astatine nan National Stadium successful 35 years.
