Graham thorpe autobiography vs biography

Graham Thorpe, who has died - at the age of 55 - established himself during a memorable 100-Test career spanning the millennium as the outstanding England batsman of his generation.

If Mike Atherton excelled in defence, and Alec Stewart was flamboyant in attack, Thorpe - once hailed by his team-mate and close friend Nasser Hussain as a 'little genius' - had it all: technique and ticker, plus a sharp cricketing brain and chameleon-like adaptability.

A record of 6,744 Test runs at 44, with 16 hundreds, as well as 2,380 at 37 in one-day internationals, confirmed his quality. But it was the manner in which he made them, as much as their volume, that marked him out as an England great.

Born in Farnham, Surrey, in 1969, Thorpe was playing for neighbouring Wrecclesham men's team at the age of 13. At 16, his county came calling. And when it became

Graham Thorpe the autobiography: Rising from the Ashes

Mike Atherton has written of how there were three distinct stages to the England career of Graham Thorpe: the joyous, uninhibited early.

Biography vs Autobiography: Similarities and Differences

Graham Thorpe is the finest batsman produced by the country in a generation.

Graham Thorpe, cricketer, 1969-2024 - Financial Times

Helping to write the autobiography of the former England batsman took me into the mind of an exceptional sportsman, deep cricket thinker and troubled soul – the game will miss him.

A true great at odds with the world – the Graham Thorpe I knew

With painful candour and often unexpected humour, Thorpe dissects his career in cricket and the inner recesses of his private life: the impact of his bitter divorce; the suicidal depression that afflicted him in his darkest hours; the reasons why he needed to 'save himself' by withdrawing from past England tours; the elation of his magnificent.