Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn has been hospitalised and put into an induced coma following a diagnosis of meningitis, according to cricket.com.au, quoting the Australian Associated Press (AAP).
Damien Martyn has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering well at home.
Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn has woken from an induced coma after being hospitalised for over a week due to meningitis.
Martyn was under pressure in the current Ashes series after making scores of 29, 11 and 5 in the first two Tests.
Hospitalised Australian cricketer Damien Martyn progressing well: Report
Former Australian batter Damien Martyn on Saturday returned home from hospital after recovering from an "awful" meningitis attack, which he said made him realise "how fragile life is."
A dazzling unbeaten half century by Damien Martyn (67) and Lou Vincent's 43 helped ICL World XI beat ICL India XI by eight wickets in the ICL 20s World Series, at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad, on Wednesday night. ICL World XI, replying to India XI's 141 for 5 in 20 overs, hit up 145 runs for the loss of two wickets in 18.3 overs.
'He has responded extraordinarily well since coming out of the coma to the point where his family feels it's like some sort of miracle.'
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Damien Martyn was filmed raising his middle finger towards a cameraman outside the team hotel in Melbourne.\n\n
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He pulled out of his last warm-up match before the first Ashes Test on Friday.
The elegant Aussie right-hander attributed his second successive century in the series against India to playing a lot on the subcontinent pitches.
Lillee said he was concerned that the 35-year-old Martyn and the other frontline Australia batsmen could struggle in the Ashes series against England.
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