RAMAN LAMBA, 38 (INDIA, 1998) WASIM RAJA, 54 (PAKISTAN, 2006) This Was the First Time a Cricketer Died Due to a Head Injury

FIVE BALLS THAT SHOOK THE CRICKETING WORLD ean Abbott once Abbott's bouncer. Abbott again came into rushed to the aid of Pucovski spotlight, not who was treated for a concus- because of his sion and withdrawn from the wickets, certainly remainder of the match. notS because of his batting but This is not a first time when because of a bouncer which something like this has ever struck the batsman right on happened. Instances like this the helmet. have been occurring on and This time Australian cricket- off the field since the birth of er Will Pucovski was at the cricket. Earlier, such occur- receiving end. rences were common as pro- The incident happened in a tective equipment were uncus- Sheffield shield match tomary. between Victoria and New There have been several South Wales at Melbourne's instances in the past where Junction Oval. The incident the outcomes have been more happened in the 19th over of tragic. Victoria's second innings Here's the list of 5 such inci- when Pucovski got hit on his dents in the history of cricket. helmet while trying to duck - SK DARRYN RANDALL, 32 (SOUTH AFRICA, 2013) The 32-year-old South African wicket keeper batsman PHILIP J HUGHES, 25 (AUSTRALIA, 2014) was struck on the temple in an attempt to pull the short This infamous incident occurred in the second session of the Sheffield Shield match pitch delivery. Randall made his first class debut in 2009 between South Australia and New South Wales at the SCG on November 25, 2014. and played for Border. The Australian batsman was struck right on the head by a bouncer bowled by Sean The incident occurred in a league match between Old Abbott. Although Hughes was wearing a helmet, the ball struck an area just below his Selbornians and Fort Hare University in Alice, Eastern left ear. He crumbled before receiving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and was taken to Cape on October 27, 2013. He collapsed and was taken St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. to the Alice Hospital where the doctors were not able to Two days later he was pronounced dead due to subarachnoid haemorrhage. save him. RAMAN LAMBA, 38 (INDIA, 1998) WASIM RAJA, 54 (PAKISTAN, 2006) This was the first time a cricketer died due to a head injury. IAN FOLLEY, 30 (ENGLAND, 1993) The incident happened in a domestic league match between Abahani Krira Chakra and He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler. Initially, he started his Wasim Hasan Raja, elder brother of Rameez Raja repre- Mohammedan Sporting Club at the Dhaka Bangabandhu Stadium on February 20, career as a medium pacer but later went on to be a spinner. sented Pakistan during his career and later went on to 1998. While fielding at forward short leg, he was hit on the temple (side of the head The fatal incident occurred in 1993 while batting in a domestic match for Derby- become an ICC match referee. behind the eyes) by a ball hit by Mehrab Hossain and bowled by Saifullah Khan. Moving shire against Workington. Trying to play a hook shot, he was hit underneath the In August 2006, while playing for Surrey Over-50s at Mar- to that fielding position, he was asked to wear a helmet but he denied as only 3 balls eye. He was immediately taken to a local hospital (Cumberland Infirmary) for a low in Buckinghamshire, England, Raja suffered a major were remaining in the over. minor operation. heart attack on the field. He felt a little shaky and was He was immediately taken to Post Graduate hospital in Dhaka where he suffered an Under the influence of anesthesia, Folley suffered a heart attack and was going off the field but he lost consciousness and fell on the internal hemorrhage and went into a coma 3 days after the incident. He was pro- announced dead. His father spent years fighting the hospital to accept negligence. boundary. Before his death, Raja played 57 tests and 54 nounced dead on February 23, 1998. A few years later, the hospital accepted accountability. ODIs for Pakistan..

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