da dobrowin： Pace bowler Glenn McGrath is on his way back to the West Indies tore-join his Australian cricket team-mates after his cancer-stricken wifedeclared she wanted some normality back in her life.
AAP22-Apr-2003Pace bowler Glenn McGrath is on his way back to the West Indies tore-join his Australian cricket team-mates after his cancer-stricken wifedeclared she wanted some normality back in her life.McGrath returned from Australia’s Caribbean tour after his wife Jane wasdiagnosed with secondary cancer in her hip earlier this month.The diagnosis relates to the breast cancer she fought in 1997, when sheendured six months of chemotherapy before being cleared of cancer inJune 1998.It was not originally known when or if McGrath would re-join the team inthe West Indies, with Australia taking a 1-0 lead in the four-Testseries.Australia is in a commanding position midway through the second Test asit tries to retain the Frank Worrell trophy.But McGrath’s decision to re-join the team came after a specialist saidhis wife’s condition was not as bad as first feared.She will still undergo radiation therapy but is expected to make a fullrecovery.McGrath said his wife wanted to get back to a normal routine and thatmeant her husband playing cricket.”She started treatment last week and that’s gone very well,” McGrathtold Channel Nine.”And Jane just wants a bit of normality back in her life and for her,that’s me playing cricket.”McGrath will available for selection for the third Test starting inBridgetown on May 1.