Jack Leach insists England’s new relaxed approach to Test cricket has left him healthier and happier than ever before as he returns to Hamilton, where a bout of sepsis left him in hospital in 2019.
Leach, who takes immunosuppressants to combat Crohn’s disease, was taken seriously ill on that New Zealand trip and developed blood poisoning brought on by gastroenteritis.
An ambulance was called when his heart-rate rose to 190 and his temperature to 40 degrees, and Leach later said he feared he would not wake up.
His recovery was full and swift, but when England this week checked into Hamilton’s Novotel on the eve of a two-day Test warm-up at Seddon Park, Leach took a moment to recall his previous visit.
‘When I came back to this hotel I was like “ah, there’s bad memories coming here”,’ the spinner said. ‘It wasn’t great but that’s all in the past now. I’m having too much fun to get ill now.
‘It can be stress related, so maybe being a little bit more relaxed is actually helping that side of my health as well. Fingers crossed it stays that way.’
Leach’s outlook is another example of the buoyant mood that has swept the camp in the nine months since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum took the helm.
‘It’s something I feel very lucky to have experienced because it’s a lot more enjoyable,’ Leach added.
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