A cricket fan who travelled to New Zealand to watch England play the Black Caps but "didn't see a ball being bowled" will fly out of the country today after facing his biggest test.
Staffordshire man Sam Mansell, 67, and several of his friends flew to New Zealand in late February to watch England play the Black Caps in the Dunedin and Wellington test matches.
During a stopover in Kuala Lumpur, Mr Mansell felt short of breath and pain in his chest, but "like most guys I thought it was indigestion".
The same feelings were repeated on arrival in Auckland and during sightseeing around Queenstown, so he decided to call at the pharmacy in Roxburgh and ask if his blood pressure medication could be causing him problems.
"[The pharmacist] said you have a 1-in-100,000 chance of that, and if I were you I would get yourself into the Urgent Doctors in Dunedin.