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Former Kent and England seamer Alan Igglesden, who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour 22 years ago, is receiving end of life care after suffering two strokes in 2018 and 2020.
The 56-year-old played in three Tests and four one-day-internationals.
He also represented Kent for 12 years after making his debut in 1986.
“To have two massive strokes when all you’ve been preparing for is Iggy’s brain tumour, it just sweeps your life away in seconds,” his wife Liz said.
“He’d be stuck in his room all day, every day. When he first came back from hospital and was quite immobile, he just didn’t leave his room.
“That arm that everyone used to cheer when it bowled, to now not be able to raise it or hold a drink, what does that do to your head?”
Igglesden, born in Farnborough in Kent, took 693 career wickets across first-class and List A cricket.
In 1999, one year after…
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