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This is how England cricketer James Taylor recounts the day his life changed for ever. The day he survived.

It was a pre-season match for his county, Nottinghamshire, at Cambridge University in the first week of April. He’d had no warning. There had been no virus, no signs, no symptoms. Quite the contrary.

“Everyone thinks it was found in a routine heart check which wasn’t the case,” the 26-year-old tells BBC Radio 5 live. “I was feeling good as gold, in fact my lead-up to this season was probably the best I’ve ever felt – mentally and technically.”

By 5pm he was in hospital. He’d remain there for 16 days after being diagnosed with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC).

oh this is just heartbreaking

“When the doctor told me, I was in hysterics at first.

“But then he told me that the majority of these cases are only found out in the post-mortem. I almost stopped crying at that point and felt more lucky that I’m in a position to tell this story now.”

James Taylor: ‘I thought I was going to die’