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A dark day for English cricket brought visions of a different type of darkness, of pictures taken in the Karachi gloom, of Graham Thorpe’s trademark white headband providing a contrast to the background of the evening dusk. Thorpe’s unbeaten 64 amid the deteriorating light in 2000 – perfectly paced, eminently calm – brought a victory in both the third Test and the series against Pakistan. It was a seminal innings, perhaps the most celebrated of a man who played 100 Tests and ended with the highest average (44.66) of any England batter between Geoffrey Boycott and Kevin Pietersen.
