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Allan Border, the former captain of the Australia cricket team, has recently revealed that he has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease since 2016. The 67-year-old mentioned that if he makes the age of 80, it will be a miracle.
The legendary Australian cricketer played 156 Test matches for his national team, captaining them in 93 of those. During his illustrious career, Allan Border scored 11174 runs at an average of 50.56 with 27 centuries. He also had a lengthy ODI career, playing 273 matches and scoring 6524 runs.
Since his retirement from cricket in the mid 90s, Border, who has the Border-Gavaskar Trophy named in his honour, has been a national selector and colour commentator in the sport.
Recently, in his interview with News Corp, Allan Border detailed the conversation he had with a neurosurgeon, who made the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease in 2016. He said, “I walked into the neurosurgeon and he said straight up, ‘I’m sorry to tell you but you've got Parkinson’s. 'Just the way you walked in. Your arms straight down by your side, hanging not swinging.' He could just tell.”
Then, the former New South Wales and Queensland cricketer mentioned to the media company that he doesn’t want anyone to feel sorry for him. He was quoted as saying, “I’m a pretty private person and I didn’t want people to feel sorry for me sort of thing. Whether people care you don't know. But I know there’ll come a day when people will notice.”
“I get the feeling I’m a hell of a lot better off than most. At the moment I’m not scared, not about the immediate future anyway. I’m 68. If I make 80, that’ll be a miracle. I’ve got a doctor friend and I said if I make 80, that’ll be a miracle, and he said, ‘That will be a miracle’,” remarked Border.
