Skin cancer, the cricketer's curse

Former Australian Test cricketer and commentator Max Walker, who has died aged 68, is among a list of famous cricketers who battled skin cancer.

* Former Australian cricketer and commentator Max Walker, 68, died in September 2016 after a two-year battle with melanoma

* Fellow Aussie cricketing legend Richie Benaud, 84, died in April 2015 after revealing five months earlier he was battling skin cancer

* Former English spinner John Emburey, 64, had a basal cell carcinoma removed from his forehead in May 2014

* Former England coach Andy Flower, 48, had a melanoma cut out of his cheek during the first Ashes Test in Brisbane in November 2010

* Former Australian captain Michael Clarke, 35, had three non-melanoma skin cancers removed from his face and has been a Cancer Council ambassador since 2010.