Former England cricketer Graham Thorpe committed suicide. He was suffering from depression and anxiety for a long time. His wife has confirmed this. 55-year-old Thorpe died on 5 August. At that time it was not known what caused his death. But now his wife Amanda has revealed that he was suffering from depression for a long time and he committed suicide due to depression. Let us tell you, Graham Thorpe also has two daughters named Kitty and Emma.

Amanda revealed that Graham Thorpe was suffering from serious mental issues and lamented that he was slowly recovering but still he took this extreme step.

“Despite having a wife and two daughters who he loved and who loved him, he did not get better. He had been very ill in recent times and he really felt we would be better off without him and we are so sad that he acted on this and took his own life,” Amanda said, according to Express.

Graham was suffering from severe depression and anxiety for the last few years. Due to this, he tried to take his own life in May 2022. After this, he was hospitalized for a long time. However, he was going through depression and it used to increase a lot at times. We as a family supported him a lot but in the end nothing worked.

Thorpe’s international cricketing career

Let us tell you, Thorpe has played 100 Test matches for England in which he has scored 6744 runs while he has 2380 runs in 82 ODIs. The performance of this experienced player has always been very good in international cricket. He has 16 centuries in Tests and his highest individual score has been 200*.