Thorpe 'spiralled Into Depression' After Losing Job

Former England and Surrey cricketer Graham Thorpe "spiralled into depression" aft losing his occupation arsenic a batting coach successful 2022, an inquest has heard.

The 55-year-old died connected nan greeting of 4 August 2024 aft being struck by a train, pinch his widow Amanda Thorpe later saying that he had taken his ain life.

An inquest astatine Woking Coroner's Court connected Wednesday heard that Mr Thorpe was diagnosed pinch worry and slump successful 2018 and antecedently tried to return his ain life successful 2022.

The left-handed batter spent his full first-class playing profession astatine Surrey, alongside playing 100 Tests and 82 one-day internationals for England betwixt 1993 and 2005.

Mrs Thorpe said that up until 2020 location were nary psychological issues successful particular, isolated from "a bout of depression" successful 2018 which did not impact his job.

Her connection went connected to reside an incident successful 2022 involving a leaked video successful Australia which had near Mr Thorpe "distraught".

According to reports astatine nan time, nan video showed Tasmanian constabulary breaking up a drinking convention involving some England and Australia players.

Describing it arsenic a "horrible" time, Mrs Thorpe said nan later termination of his employment pinch nan England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was a "real shock" which marked nan "decline" of his intelligence health.

Mr Thorpe's father, Geoff Thorpe, said successful a connection that nan video incident had "caused catastrophic harm to him".

Professor Nick Pierce, nan ECB's main aesculapian officer, said successful a connection that aft Mr Thorpe's employment ended successful February 2022 his backstage wellness security screen was extended until nan May.

He said that astatine "no point" during Mr Thorpe's clip pinch nan ECB was location immoderate interest regarding a consequence of aforesaid harm aliases "intent to extremity life".

Reading Geoff Thorpe's statement, nan coroner said: "You felt those who were responsible for Graham's information and attraction could've done much to intervene."

Coroner Jonathan Stevens publication a connection from Mr Thorpe's GP, Dr Joan Munnelly, who said nan cricketer was diagnosed pinch worry and slump successful 2018.

Dr Munnelly said nan effort to return his ain life successful 2022 resulted successful a encephalon wounded which near Thorpe successful intensive care.

Mrs Thorpe said that, by 2023, her hubby was experiencing suicidal thoughts and was "in a unspeakable way" aft Christmas that year.

The past interaction betwixt Mr Thorpe and those responsible for his psychiatric attraction was successful June past year.

The inquest continues.