My Fingers Crossed And Hope I Have A Bit Of Luck – Former England Cricket Skipper Ray Illingworth Undergoing Treatment For Cancer

Former captain of England National Cricket Team Ray Illingworth has said that he is undergoing radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer.

Ray Illingworth, who led England to The Ashes triumph in Australia in 1970/71, has played 61 games for the country in the purest format of the game and managed to score 1836 runs at an average of 23.24, including two centuries and five half-centuries. He bagged 122 Test wickets in his career. Illingworth also played 3 One Day Internationals for England and picked four wickets, and scored five runs.

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Ray Illingworth has played a lot of first-class cricket, and his numbers are just phenomenal as he managed to score 24134 first-class runs and pick 2072 first-class wickets.

I Don’t Want To Have The Last 12 Months That My Wife Had –Ray Illingworth

Former England captain revealed that doctors are hoping to get rid of the last bit of tumour, and he is hoping to have some luck with him during the treatment.

“They are just hoping to get rid of the last bit (of the tumour) with extra double doses. I will see how these next two doses go, keep my fingers crossed and hope I have a bit of luck,” Illingworth told the Daily Telegraph

Ray Illingworth also talked about his wife Shirley, who died earlier this year after battling cancer. He said he doesn’t want to have a terrible time as his wife had in the hospital. He elaborated:

“I don’t want to have the last 12 months that my wife had, She had a terrible time going from hospital to hospital and in pain. I believe in assisted dying. The way my wife was, there was no pleasure in life in the last 12 months, and I don’t see the point of living like that, to be honest.”

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