Former Australia captain Allan Border battling Parkinson’s disease

MELBOURNE: Former Australia captain Allan Border has revealed he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and said it would be a 'miracle' if he lives to be 80. Parkinson's, for which there is no cure, causes progressive brain damage. Common symptoms are loss of muscle control, tremors, muscle rigidity and slowness of movement.

"I'm a pretty private person and I didn't want people to feel sorry for me sort of thing. Whether people care you don't know. But I know there'll come a day when people will notice," Border told News Corp.

"I get the feeling I'm a hell of a lot better off than most. At the moment, I'm not scared, not about the immediate future anyway."

"I'm 68 (in July). If I make 80, that'll be a miracle. I've got a doctor friend and I said if I make 80, that'll be a miracle. He said, 'That will be a miracle.'"

"No way am I going to get another hundred, that's for sure," he added.

"I'll just slip slowly into the west." Agencies

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