Con de Lange

Shortly after the victory over Zimbabwe, de Lange started missing games in the World Cricket League (WCL) championships in Dubai. Initially, the reason given for his absence was "severe migraine headaches". Upon his return to Scotland for further tests, a far more severe diagnosis was made. De Lange played his last international match for Scotland, an ODI against Papua New Guinea, on 25 November 2017.

The results of medical tests were not published initially, and it was only during the 2019 World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe, played in October 2018, that Cricket Scotland sent a press release stating that the then 37-year old de Lange had been battling a brain tumour for the past 10 months. After the diagnosis, de Lange underwent a series of treatments, which included an operation followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment.^[1][11]

Together with his wife Claire and children, de Lange set up a fundraising appeal called 'Brain Tumour Charity', in memory of a close friend who died from the disease.^[11] As part of the initiative, the de Langes arranged walks to raise donations.^{[citation needed]}

On 18 April 2019, de Lange died at the age of 38.^[11]

• Con de Lange at ESPNcricinfo