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India vs England: The Ollie Pope-led England Cricket team players were spotted wearing 'white headbands' on Day 2 of the ongoing fifth test at the Kennington Oval. The headbands were peculiar in their appearance as there was blue embroidery in memory of late England cricketer Graham Thorpe on the occasion of his 56th birth anniversary.

There were also visuals of some fans sporting the headband as Thorpe used to wear it in his playing days.

The gesture was arranged through efforts by his family, who wanted to pay a tribute to the cricketer who passed away on 4th August in 2024.

Thorpe was a veteran Test Cricketer, featuring in 100 tests, amassed over 6744 runs in the format. Known for his grittiness in the middle order, he was a star figure in the English domestic county of Surrey.

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Reason for Thorpe's death

Diagnosed with depression, Thorpe took his own life in 2024, ending his struggle with the illness, which had bothered him for a long time.

A Day for Thorpey, was organised in remembrance of the Cricketer who would have turned 56 on Friday. Headbands were sold to raise funds for the charity Mind.

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“Not many that played with him had a bad word to say about him and we will see the love for him on Friday when the second day of the Oval Test becomes a Day for Thorpey with Surrey, the club he loved, staging it in his memory," Nasser Hussain wrote in his column for The Daily Mail.

“It was a reminder of how much of a part mental illness plays in sport and how even the toughest characters aren’t immune. Because Graham was the toughest. The person we would all go to if we ever had a problem with the game or stress was getting to us," Hussain added.