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Legendary Australia cricketer Rod Marsh is currently in the fight for his life as the 74-year-old former international cricketer was put in an induced coma after suffering a major heart attack on February 24 (Thursday).
On February 27 (Sunday), his son Paul released an official statement on his father’s condition. And according to the statement the former Australia cricketer “remains in an induced coma in critical condition.”
Official statement
“On behalf of my mother Ros and brothers Dan and Jamie, I wanted to provide an update on Dad’s condition. He is currently in the fight of his life and remains in an induced coma in critical condition. At the moment this is a waiting game and we are unlikely to have any certainty for some time. We know there is a lot of interest in Dad’s condition and our family has been overwhelmed by the messages of love and support from all around the world. We have listened to and read every one of them and we are incredibly grateful to everyone. Dad would not still be here without the bravery and quick thinking of Dave Hillier and John Glanville. We will be eternally grateful to both of them,” the official statement said.
“We also want to thank the Bulls Masters team, and in particular Jimmy Maher, Darren Lehmann, Ian Healy and Allan Border, whose love and care for our family has been extraordinary. The team at the Australian Cricketers’ Association have also been incredible and we’d like to thank Todd Greenberg, Kelly Applebee and Justine Whipper for their support.
“We’d also like to thank the ICU team at Bundaberg Hospital for their outstanding care and support. We will provide further updates once we have them, and in the meantime, we ask media to respect our family’s privacy as we focus on helping Dad fight this battle," concluded the statement.
Facts and numbers
The former Australia wicketkeeper had played in 96 matches in Test cricket and he had scored 3633 runs at an average of 26.51. In Test cricket he had bagged three centuries and 16 half centuries.
On the other hand, in ODIs, he had represented his country 92 times and he had notched four half centuries.
