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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Former captain Allan Border revealed on Friday he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, the latest blow to befall former Australian cricketing legends in the past three years.<\/p>\n

The 68-year-old has gone public seven years after being diagnosed with the illness and said he and a doctor friend both agreed it would be “a miracle” if he makes 80.<\/p>\n

“No way am I going to get another 100, that’s for sure,” Border told Newscorp.<\/p>\n

“I’ll just slip slowly into the west.”<\/p>\n

Border had told only one person of his diagnosis: former team-mate Dean Jones, who died of a heart attack in 2020.<\/p>\n

Jones was the precursor of a terrible time for Australian cricket.<\/p>\n

Former wicketkeeper Rod Marsh and spin king Shane Warne died within days of each other in March 2022, both from heart attacks.<\/p>\n

Two months later Andrew Symonds – a member of two World Cup-winning sides – was killed in a car crash.<\/p>\n

Border, who spoke at Warne’s memorial service, said he had been happy to keep the news to himself over the past seven years but a friend had told him last week many of his close associates had noticed his shaking.<\/p>\n

“I’m a pretty private person and I didn’t want people to feel sorry for me sort of thing,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Whether people care you don’t know. But I know there’ll come a day when people will notice.”<\/p>\n

Border, though, showing the same rugged determination that he had as skipper – yielding the 1987 World Cup and an Ashes series win over England in 1989 – said he was in a better place than many other people.<\/p>\n

“I get the feeling I’m a hell of a lot better off than most,” said Border, who scored 27 centuries and 63 half-centuries in 156 Tests.<\/p>\n

“At the moment I’m not scared, not about the immediate future anyway.<\/p>\n

“I’m 68. If I make 80, that’ll be a miracle.<\/p>\n

“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.'”<\/p>\n

Australia paceman Mitchell Starc paid tribute to Border after the close of the third day’s play in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s on Friday.<\/p>\n

“It’s sad to hear,” he said. “He’s one of the greats of Australian cricket and certainly a big character in world cricket.<\/p>\n

“Our wishes go to AB and his family as well.”<\/p>\n

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