Australian cricket player Fawad Ahmed has sadly announced the tragic death of his four-month-old son following a health battle.

Ahmed, 41, and his wife welcomed their second child in June but the baby faced persistent health issues.

After spending months in the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne trying to find a diagnosis, Ahmed announced on Monday that his son had passed away.

‘Till we meet again my little angel,’ he wrote alongside two photos of the tiny boy.

‘Unfortunately after a long struggle my little man has lost the painful and tough fight.

‘I believe you are in a better place, we will miss you so much.

‘‎I hope no one ever goes through this pain.’

Fawad Ahmed (above) previously described his son’s struggle as a ‘tough time’ for the family

In an earlier interview with Cricket Australia, Ahmed described his son’s struggle as ‘a tough time’.

‘Every day he is growing, and the bones and the joints are getting stiffer and stiffer,’ he said. 

‘We don’t know what’s going to happen. Neither do the doctors. It’s pretty bad. You want to know. 

‘This is something that is aching the heart.’

Two months ago the baby underwent a surgery to bring forward his jaw and tongue to help with breathing after winning a weight struggle and finally reaching 3kg.

However, his health problems persisted and his eyesight became a fresh concern.

Ahmed said his son had returned a sight result of -13, -15 is considered blind. 

‘He doesn’t look at me, that hurts,’ he said.

‘But we say, “All praise to Allah” that he’s got something. I am arranging some glasses for him, but it’s going to be a little bit tough because we have tested the smallest size already and it doesn’t fit.’ 

Ahmed’s son (above) spent several months in the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne 

He described how the constant hospital trips and bad news had worn down his family. 

‘It’s something that’s so unexpected,’ Ahmed said.

‘You’re excited, you’re happy about the birth of your child, and then suddenly you go to some dark places, and you don’t know what’s going to happen.

‘Our lives have completely changed. Every morning, we just wake up and get ready to go to the hospital. Then in the evening, we come back. That’s it, nothing else.’

Ahmed became an international cricketer after fleeing his home in Pakistan and settling in Australia as an asylum seeker in 2010 at the age of 28. 

He made five international appearances for Australia across ODI and T20I matches after being granted citizenship in 2013.