A Series of Unfortunate Events

A sad but freak misfortune to befall...

Fielder dies after truly freak head strike.

The Hindu.

Wednesday, 17 May 2017.

PTG 2138-10834.

A fielder who was hit in the head by a batsman playing a shot in a match in played near Hyderabad in India on Sunday, died as a result of his injuries on Tuesday.  Somewhat unusually though, the victim Mohammed Abdul Wajid, 22, was not playing in the same game as the batsman who inadvertently inflicted his injuries.

Scores of teams play cricket matches side-by-side at the ground where the tragedy occurred.  It's so crowded the fielders in one match often run onto the playing being used for another game.  While running to catch a ball skied by a batsman in his game, Wajid went close to the stumps being used for another match.  One witness said that as he did so: "the batsman at the crease [in that game tried] to hit a ball bowled to him but his bat hit Wajid [instead]”.  

Wajid fell on to the stumps and the strike to his head was compounded by the fact teams use stones to support the stumps, for in falling the young man hit his head on the stones. He was rushed to hospital where he was treated for several days but succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.