'I should have died' - Taylor on 10 years since forced retirement

'I should have died' - Taylor on 10 years since forced retirementImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Taylor played seven Tests and 27 one-day internationals for England before his career was cut shortByKevin Howells, BBC cricket commentator and presenter and Matthew Henry, BBC Sport journalistPublished6 minutes agoCommentsIt is 10 years since the day that changed James Taylor's life forever.Having been taken ill during a pre-season match for Leicestershire against Cambridge University, the England international batter drove back to Nottingham for a hastily arranged doctor appointment he hoped would clear up the issue."I should have died on that journey," he tells BBC Sport."My body is packing up over the course of the next five hours. I'm grey and cold but sweaty too. I'm crawling because I can't walk. "I tried to get up some stairs but my body is packing up so I'm being sick everywhere. "I get into bed in the fetal position and my shoulder is absolutely killing me."Taylor would soon be diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) - the heart condition that forced him to retire aged 26.He had only been completing some throw-downs before the start of play, something he had done hundreds, probably thousands, of times before."I'm not even joking, I could physically see my shirt moving from my heartbeat," he says."It felt like I was incredibly anxious but obviously I shouldn't be. "I make my way off the field because I think I'm going to be sick, think I'm going to pass out. I stuck my head down the loo and I'm not sick but I can't breathe now. "This was probably the only time in the whole process that I actually thought I might pass out or even die."'A lot of these cases are found in post-mortems'Published23 December 2016'I thought I was going to die'Published1 May 2016Taylor leaves England head s...