Word from the Cloisters

14 August 2025, The Tablet

In good hands

The fifth Test between England and India could scarcely have done more to honour Graham Thorpe, who died by suicide a year ago. The match at the Oval ended a series already rich in character and rancour with a final, perfect drama: hope, misfortune, silliness, heroism, disappointment, catharsis – a deeply human story, such as only cricket can tell.

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