James Taylor has fresh operation to help fix his heart condition

Former England batsman James Taylor has had an operation to fit a defribillator as he continues treatment for the heart condition that dramatically cut short his cricket career

London: Former England batsman James Taylor has had an operation to fit a defribillator as he continues treatment for the heart condition that dramatically cut short his cricket career.

James Taylor

In April, Taylor was forced into retirement at the age of just 26 after being diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).

The condition means he can no longer take part in strenuous exercise, and following an initial course of treatment he has been fitted with a 'life vest' or external defibrillator - to prevent any recurrence of the problem. Taylor tweeted a picture of himself in hospital yesterday after surgery.

"Well, that was the best sleep ever??" he wrote. "At the bottom of a very steep hill, I can't wait to see the view from the top!"  Taylor played his seventh and final Test against South Africa at Centurion in January.

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