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Australian Test cricket large Damien Martyn has revealed helium was lone fixed a 50 percent accidental of surviving aft being put successful an induced coma with meningitis past month.
The 54-year-old erstwhile batsman, who played 67 Tests betwixt 1992 and 2006 and 208 one-day internationals, was rushed to infirmary connected December 27 with the illness that causes swelling of membranes astir the brain.
He was successful a coma for 8 days, but miraculously pulled through and is present backmost home.
In a heartfelt societal media station precocious connected Saturday (January 17), Martyn said it was interaction and spell whether helium would unrecorded and the acquisition was a reminder of "how fragile beingness is".
"After being fixed a 50/50 accidental of surviving, I came retired of the induced coma 8 days aboriginal not capable to locomotion oregon talk," helium said.
"And yet 4 days aft that, with the doctors successful disbelief, I walked, I talked and proved to them each wherefore I should beryllium released from infirmary to commencement my recovery.
"So blessed to beryllium home, to beryllium capable to enactment my feet successful the soil connected the formation and to commencement thanking each those radical that reached retired to maine and my household successful their unwavering support," helium added.
"Bring connected 2026 ... I'm back."
Known arsenic 1 of the game's large strokemakers, Martyn became a cardinal fig successful Steve Waugh's all-powerful Australia side, hitting 13 centuries and averaging 46.37.
He was besides portion of the Australia squad that won the 2003 ODI World Cup, cracking 88 not retired successful the last against India successful a match-winning concern with Ricky Ponting.
Martyn retired successful 2006 during the Ashes bid and had kept a low-profile since.
