Celebration of Graham Thorpe's Life at Fifth England-India Test
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Summary
The life of former England batter Graham Thorpe will be celebrated during the fifth Test against India at The Oval. The article mentions the challenges Thorpe faced working in Covid bubbles and on the Ashes tour due to Covid restrictions.
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'The last tour he did when he was coaching, the Ashes, that was a really hard tour because there were still full Covid restrictions.'
'It was all very stressful and he wasn't great on that trip. Then he came back, and, as happens,'
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