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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 28 August 1624 Horsted Keynes
England George Summers Struck on the head by a ball 29 June 1870 Nottingham
England Andy Ducat Heart failure[1] 23 July 1942 London
Pakistan Abdul Aziz Struck over the heart by a ball 17 January 1959 Karachi
England Wilf Slack Collapsed while batting[2] 15 January 1989 Banjul
England Ian Folley Heart attack while being treated in hospital for eye injury sustained on the field[3] 30 August 1993 Whitehaven
India Raman Lamba Struck on the head by a ball while fielding[4] 20 February 1998 Dhaka
Pakistan Wasim Raja Suffered a heart attack on the pitch[2][5] 23 August 2006 Marlow, Buckinghamshire
South Africa Darryn Randall Struck on the head by a ball[2] 27 October 2013 Alice, Eastern Cape
Australia Phillip Hughes Struck on the neck by a ball 27 November 2014 Sydney
Namibia Raymond van Schoor Stroke[6] 20 November 2015 Windhoek

Possible deaths

Frederick, Prince of Wales, heir to King George II of Great Britain, died on 20 March 1751. Keen on cricket, he either died of pneumonia, or from a burst abscess caused by being hit with a cricket ball.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Williamson, Martin (4 December 2004). "Not out ... dead". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "FACTBOX-Cricket-Deaths caused from on-field incidents". Reuters. 27 November 2014.
  3. ^ Powell, Rose (28 November 2014). "Ten fatal cricket injuries before Phillip Hughes died". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  4. ^ "The tragic death of Raman Lamba". Martin Williamson. Cricinfo Magazine, 14 August 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Wasim Raja dies playing cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. 23 August 2006.
  6. ^ "Namibian cricketer Raymond van Schoor dies, aged 25, five days after on-field collapse due to stroke". abc.net.au. 21 November 2015.
  7. ^ Cavendish, Richard. "Death of Frederick, Prince of Wales". History Today.
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