Cricket: Crowe blames touring rigours for cancer

Crowe blamed illnesses for his diagnosis with the cancer lymphoma.

WELLINGTON: Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe blamed illnesses picked up touring during a 13-year international cricket career for his diagnosis with the cancer lymphoma. The 50-year-old said he believed his immune system had been weakened by illness while on the road with the Black Caps, leaving him vulnerable to the cancer. “In the past, on travels during my cricket career, suffering diseases and fever has compromised me,” said Crowe. “The result of a weakened immune system over the last two decades is basically why I have become exposed to this sort of disease.”

Published in The Express Tribune, October 19^th, 2012.