The top 10 cricketers passed away due to an accident during the match.
Cricket is known as “gentlemen’s sports” for its techniques, rules, passion, and patience. Cricket has continually evolved since its discovery. As cricket evolves, its formats are declining, such as 5-day trial matches with ODI and now with T20. The aggression of the players and their passion for cricket make the sport classic and elegant for both players and spectators. The game is as dangerous as it is fun, and sometimes it costs the lives of the players. Below we have listed some of the players who died due to an accident during the match.
Top 10 cricketers who died while playing cricket
10. Phillips Hughes (30 November 1988– 27 November 2014)
Phillips was a young left-handed Australian cricketer. And besides, he was an emerging player for the Australian national team. Phillips has also played national cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He played two seasons for New South Wales in his lifetime and made his test debut in 2009 at the age of 20 and his ODI debut in 2013.
Phillips was Australia’s bright future, but things are not going the way we always think and on November 25, 2014, a gorilla struck his neck during a match at Sydney Cricket Ground and was admitted to hospital, but sadly passed away after surviving. in a coma for 2 days.
9. Raman Lamba (2 January 1960 – 23 February 1998)
Raman was an Indian cricketer and played 4 test matches and 32 ODI’s for the Indian cricket team. He was one of the famous cricketers of his time and represented India in the Australian League in 1986 for the first time. Raman Lamba passed away at the age of 23 due to internal bleeding while playing for the Bangladesh Cricket League after facing a 2-day coma attack. Raman’s death was a tragic death for the Indian team and this player will always be alive in the hearts of cricket fans.
8. Raymond van Schoor (23 May 1990– 20 November 2015)
Most people don’t know this right-handed hitter from Namibia. Raymond was Namibia’s most-capped cricketer representing his nation in over 200 matches. Raymond suffered a stroke while playing a game against Free State at Wanderers Cricket Ground in November 2015. He struggled but could not survive after a severe storm and passed away at age 25. Raymond will always be alive in the hearts of Namibians.
7. Abdul Aziz (1941- 17 January 1959)
The history of Pakistani cricket is amazing and Pakistan is also known as the place of bowlers, but Pakistani batsmen weren’t any less talented either. Abdul Aziz, a right-handed starting batsman, played for Pakistan in the early stages of cricket. Abdul Aziz was struck by a cricket ball in his heart and passed away at the age of 17 and it is believed that Abdul could be among the famous cricketers of Pakistan if he completed his career, but humans cannot decide the death of anyone.
6. Darryn Randall (2 December 1980 -27 October 2013)
Darry Randall was a right-handed South African cricketer and occasionally a goalkeeper. Darryn’s death was one of the most painful of any player. While playing a game in Alice, Eastern Cape, a fast bowl directly hit Darryn’s head and he was killed on the spot on October 27, 2013, at the age of 33.
5. Ian Folley (9 January 1963- 30 August 1993)
Ian Folley was a right-handed English cricketer and bowler with a medium left arm, rhythm, and spinner.
While he was playing a game against Workington, a ball hit under his eye. Ian was rushed to the local hospital for a minor operation on his eyeball to prevent future problems. But, sadly, the operation did not go well and, due to a heart attack, Ian was out of breath. Ian Folley was a great talent and began his career as a pacemaker in 1982 for Lancashire.
4. Ankit Keshri (28 October 1994- 20 April 2015)
Ankit Keshri was a right-handed Indian batsman from Bengal. Keshri never played for India internationally, but he did play a national match for Bengal. During one match, Ankit was fielding in sweeper cover and rushed to take a high catch, but due to confusion, both Ankit and Sourav (left arm pacemaker) rushed to catch and collided with each other. It was just a normal accident on the cricket field, but not for Ankit and he was left unconscious on the ground, bleeding from the mouth, and was immediately admitted to the hospital and passed away during treatment.
3. Wasim Raja (3 July 1952-23 August 2006)
Wasim Raja was a multi-talented player, as he was a match umpire, a cricket coach, and a left-handed hitter. Raja has represented Pakistan in more than 100 international matches and more than 250 first-class matches with 11,334 runs. He passed away at the age of 54 due to a heart attack.
2. Zulfiqar Bhatti
There is not much information available about the player on the internet, but some reports tell us that he was the future rising star of Pakistani cricket. Zulfiqar was killed by a ball hitting his chest. It is nowhere mentioned whether he died at the scene or in the hospital. Zulfiqar passed away at the age of 22. The second on our list of cricketers died while playing cricket.
1. Richard Beaumont
Richard Beaumont was an English club cricketer and bowler (type not mentioned). Sometimes the day that is one of the luckiest days of our lives suddenly changes to Black Day and something happened like that with Richard. Richard took his five-course tour for Pedmore CC and was very happy, but right after his five-course tour, he fell to the ground due to a heart attack. Richard was immediately taken to the hospital, but it was reported that he had died upon his arrival at the age of 33. He was at the top of our list of cricketers who died while he was playing cricket.
