Cricketing great Martin Crowe has announced on Twitter that his cancer has returned.
The former New Zealand cricket captain had suffered from lymphoma, which he recovered from in June last year.
However, this morning he wrote to say the disease had returned: "After a brilliant year of self discovery andrecovery I have more work to do. My friend & tough taskmaster Lymphoma is back to teach me."
He told Fairfax media that he visited the doctor after suffering back pains and tests revealed the cancer had returned.
Crowe is regarded as one of the country's greatest cricketers.
He held the record for New Zealand's highest individual test score of 299 runs for 23 years. It was finally broken by Brendan McCullum earlier this year at the Basin Reserve when he achieved 302 runs.
About Lymphoma
• Lymphomas are cancers that affect the lymphatic system.
• It occurs when developing lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, undergo a malignant change and multiply uncontrollably.
• It can develop at any age but the majority of lymphomas occur in people over the age of 50.
• Symptoms can include recurrent fevers, excessive sweating at night, unintentional weight loss, persistent lack of energy, generalised itching.
