Damien Martyn has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering well at home.
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).
Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn has woken from an induced coma after being hospitalised for over a week due to meningitis.
Hospitalised Australian cricketer Damien Martyn progressing well: Report
'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.'
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."
Martyn was under pressure in the current Ashes series after making scores of 29, 11 and 5 in the first two Tests.
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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.
Australia named an unchanged squad on Monday for the second and final Test against New Zealand in Adelaide which starts on Friday.
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They will replace Martyn and Clark in their squad for the ODI series in Bangladesh.
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