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The following is a list of notable cricket players who died while playing a game, died directly from injuries sustained while playing, or died after being taken ill on the ground.

Player Cause Date Place
England Jasper Vinall Struck on the head by a bat as a result of a double-hit attempt.[1] 28 August 1624 Horsted Keynes, Sussex
England Henry Brand Struck on the head by a bat (notable for being a similar double-hit to Vinall, which may have resulted in the 1744 codification of the rule.[2] 1647 Selsey, West Sussex.
England Frederick, Prince of Wales Keen on cricket and real tennis, it's been speculated that he died from either a pulmonary embolism or a burst abscess caused by being hit with a ball[3] 20 March 1751 London
England James Balchen "Killed by a cricket ball"[4] buried 14 June 1764 Godalming, Surrey
England George Summers Struck on the head by a ball[5] 29 June 1870 Nottingham
England H.P. Lighton Struck by a return drive by a batsman[6] 1872 Repton, Derbyshire
England Claude Wilson Killed by sunstroke[7] 29 June 1881 Betchworth, Surrey
England Frederick Randon Sr. Struck on the head by a ball at Lord's in 1881, from which he never fully recovered, dying in February 1883[8] 17 February 1883 Hathern, Leicestershire
Australia Charles Lane Struck over the heart by a ball[9] 20 May 1895 Cosme, Paraguay
England Arthur Earlam Struck by a return drive by the batsman[10] July 1921 Runcorn, Cheshire
England Andy Ducat Heart failure[11] 23 July 1942 London
England Tom Killick Heart problem[12] 18 May 1953 Northampton
Pakistan Abdul Aziz Struck over the heart by a ball[13] 17 January 1959 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Australia Martin Bedkober Died when hit over the heart by a cricket ball;[14] flatmate of Jeff Thomson 13 December 1975 Brisbane, Queensland
England Michael Ainsworth "Suddenly"[15] 28 August 1978 Hillingdon, London
England Wilf Slack Collapsed while batting[16] 15 January 1989 Banjul, the Gambia
England Ian Folley Heart attack while being treated in hospital for eye injury sustained on the field[17] 30 August 1993 Whitehaven, Cumbria
India Raman Lamba Struck on the head by a ball while fielding[18] 20 February 1998 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Pakistan Wasim Raja Suffered a heart attack on the pitch[16][19] 23 August 2006 Marlow, Buckinghamshire
South Africa Darryn Randall Struck on the head by a ball[16] 27 October 2013 Alice, Eastern Cape
Australia Phillip Hughes Struck on the neck by a ball[20] 27 November 2014 Sydney, New South Wales
Namibia Raymond van Schoor Stroke[21] 20 November 2015 Windhoek, Namibia

References

  1. ^ McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society. pp.xxxiii–xxxiv.
  2. ^ McCann, Tim (2004). Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century. Sussex Record Society. pp.xxxiii–xxxiv. (Available online at the University of Michigan library. Retrieved 2022-04-05.)
  3. ^ Cavendish, Richard. "Death of Frederick, Prince of Wales". History Today.
  4. ^ www.ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/4790/images/40761_312029-00208?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=e61b351232038c122b686de7e4c04bf2&usePUB=true&_phsrc=XKp511&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.192049642.1517238373.1637392024-166252373.1632151042&pId=1029062. Retrieved 21 November 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "NCCC News : Nottinghamshire Cricketers Part 7". www.trentbridge.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Cricketer". 1921. 13.
  7. ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 30237. London. 4 July 1881. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Famous cricketers : the Randons". www.hathernhistory.co.uk.
  9. ^ Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A Cricket Odyssey through Latin America
  10. ^ "Cricketer". 1. 13. 1921.
  11. ^ Williamson, Martin (4 December 2004). "Not out ... dead". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Wisden Obituaries in 1953". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  13. ^ Haigh, Gideon (2006). Peter The Lord's Cat and Other Unexpected Obituaries from Wisden. London, Eng: John Wisden & Co. p. 16. ISBN 1845131630.
  14. ^ "Queensland Cricket Archive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Wisden Obituaries in 1978". ESPN Cricinfo. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  16. ^ a b c "FACTBOX-Cricket-Deaths caused from on-field incidents". Reuters. 27 November 2014.
  17. ^ Powell, Rose (28 November 2014). "Ten fatal cricket injuries before Phillip Hughes died". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  18. ^ "The tragic death of Raman Lamba". Martin Williamson. Cricinfo Magazine, 14 August 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  19. ^ "Wasim Raja dies playing cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 August 2006.
  20. ^ Staff reporters (27 November 2014). "Phillip Hughes dead: Australian cricketer dies after bouncer at SCG". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  21. ^ "Namibian cricketer Raymond van Schoor dies, aged 25, five days after on-field collapse due to stroke". abc.net.au. 21 November 2015.
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