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Former Australian Test batter Damien Martyn is showing encouraging signs of betterment aft being hospitalised successful an induced coma portion battling meningitis, according to ex-teammate Adam Gilchrist.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The 54-year-old, 1 of the astir elegant batters of Australia’s aureate era, was rushed to infirmary past week aft falling sick portion resting astatine home. He was aboriginal diagnosed with meningitis, a superior information involving inflammation of the membranes surrounding the encephalon and spinal cord, and placed successful an induced coma astatine a Queensland hospital.
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Providing an update during a Big Bash League broadcast connected Thursday evening, Gilchrist said determination had been invited developments successful Martyn’s information implicit the past 24 hours.“Thank you everyone for the heartfelt emotion and wishes and attraction for Damien arsenic helium goes done a challenging time,” Gilchrist said. “He’s inactive successful hospital. There’ll beryllium much details coming retired arsenic they travel to manus but surely successful the past 24 hours immoderate affirmative signs are the indications coming retired of the assorted tests he’s having.”Gilchrist added that the outpouring of enactment from crossed the cricketing satellite had been immense.
“There has been truthful overmuch involvement and love. A good player, terrific fella. I conscionable anticipation helium tin proceed his recovery.”
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A spokesperson from Gold Coast Health confirmed earlier this week that Martyn remains successful a superior information astatine Gold Coast University Hospital.Tributes and messages of enactment person poured successful from erstwhile teammates and rivals alike, including Michael Vaughan, Ravichandran Ashwin and VVS Laxman, underlining Martyn’s lasting crossed generations and nations.Martyn played 67 Tests and 208 ODIs for Australia betwixt 1992 and 2006, scoring 4,406 Test runs astatine an mean of 46.37, alongside 5,346 ODI runs. Renowned arsenic 1 of the game’s large stroke-makers and finishers, helium was a cardinal cog successful Steve Waugh’s ascendant Australian side.
