James Taylor has surgery to fit internal defibrillator
Thursday 9 June 2016 09:06, UK
Former England batsman James Taylor has undergone surgery to have a defibrillator fitted as his treatment for a heart condition continues.
Taylor stunned the cricket world in April when he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after being diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).
The condition means vigorous exercise is no longer safe and, after wearing a 'life vest' as he described it, Taylor has now been operated on to have an internal defibrillator fitted.
The 26-year-old, whose career finished with Nottinghamshire, posted a picture of himself in hospital on Wednesday to his Twitter followers.
Along with it, came the message: "Well, that was the best sleep ever.
"At the bottom of a very steep hill, I can't wait to see the view from the top."
Taylor played his last Test match for England against South Africa over the winter, but fell ill ahead of a pre-season game for Nottinghamshire against Cambridge MCCU, when hospital tests discovered the heart condition.
