COMMENT | In medicine, he was a no-nonsense doctor, especially on matters of medical ethics. On the cricket pitch, he was always in his element - even sharing a rugby joke or two, being out with the boys.

While Malaysian cricket lost a formidable cricketer in Emeritus Prof Dr Alex Ernald Delilkan who passed away on Feb 20 - the Malaysian medical fraternity lost an outstanding anaesthesiologist, academician, clinical ethicist as well as trauma, pain management, and critical care expert.