Sky Sports commentator and former England cricket star Rob Key suffers mini stroke, with 41-year-old revealing he was hospitalised over the weekend
- Rob Key suffered a mini stroke and was hospitalised at the weekend
- The 41-year-old revealed the news on his Instagram from his hospital bed
- The ex-England batsman thanked staff at Kent and Canterbury Hospital
- Key now works as a presenter and commentator on Sky Sports’ cricket coverage
Ex-England batsman Rob Key has revealed he was hospitalised over the weekend after suffering a mini stroke.
The 41-year-old, who now works as a presenter and commentator on Sky Sports after an international career consisting of 15 Tests, five One-Day Internationals and a solitary Twenty20 match, revealed the news on his Instagram account on Monday morning.
Alongside a selfie, he wrote: ‘Long weekend. Turns out I’ve had a mini stroke.
Rob Key has revealed he was hospitalised over the weekend after suffering a mini stroke
Key, pictured in 2014 for county side Kent, now works as a presenter and pundit for Sky Sports
‘Thanks to everyone at the Kent and Canterbury hospital especially Charlie and Dr baht. Now got to eat food with no flavour and take pills #triffic’
Key’s greatest display in an England shirt was an innings of 221 against the West Indies in July 2004 at Lord’s, the only time he would go past three figures in an international match.
However, he banked nearly 20,000 first-class runs between 1998 and 2015 in a stellar county career with Kent, leading them for nine seasons across two spells, before becoming a popular member of Sky Sports’ cricket coverage.
The Kent stalwart made a double Test hundred against West Indies at Lord’s 16 years ago
Numerous people from the sporting and cricketing world have wished Key well, with former team-mate Kevin Pietersen saying: ‘Goodness me! Get well brother!’
In an interview with Sportsmail earlier this month, Key revealed he enjoyed talking about cricket more than he did playing it.
‘It’s against the odds because most people on TV are former England captains and they’ve got immediate credibility but you have to earn the respect of people,’ says Key.
‘People like Nasser Hussain and Mike Atherton give you credibility by listening or giving you time to have your say. That makes a difference. I’ve always backed my cricket brain and thought processes.
Key’s deep-thinking style is seeing him carve out a reputation in his second cricketing career
‘I just wasn’t always able to do what I was thinking, which was part of my problem as a player. I could over-think things.
‘Playing is the best thing, as Bumble would say, but playing at 35 when you can’t remember which end of the bat to hold is not something I miss.
‘I enjoy this more than playing and this job to me is the best in the world. I’ll carry on doing this until Sky realise I’m bluffing.’