By Admin 
Cricket is generally considered a quiet and ‘Gentleman game’, but there have been many such incidents in this game which have proved to be fatal. Despite the safety equipment, there have been many such incidents due to the ball that has made everyone sad. Let’s know about those 5 painful injuries in cricket history, which had shocked the sports world.
Philip Hughes- Australia
Philip Hughes’s death is one of the saddest events in cricket history. During a domestic match in November 2014, he went to play backfoot pull shot on Sean Abbut’s bouncer, but the ball collided with the part of his helmet where there is no protection. With this ball on the head, he had ‘sub-arcnoid hemorrhage’. He fainted on the field itself and died in the hospital three days later. After the death of Hughes, there was a big change on the design of the helmet in cricket.
Raman Lamba- India
Indian batsman Raman Lamba was playing a league match in Dhaka in 1998. He was fielding without a helmet on the short leg. The batsman played a loud shot and the ball went straight to his head. Initially, Lamba described himself as well, but later his condition deteriorated due to deep injury in the mind. He had brain haemorrhage and died in a few hours.
Woman Contractor- India
Former India captain Nari Contractor was batting in the match against Barbados on the 1961-62 tour of West Indies. Fast bowler Charlie Griffith’s bouncer hit his head, and he fell at the crease there. His skull bone was broken due to the ball and he had to undergo brain surgery immediately. Contractor was in a coma for six days. They survived but this injury proved to be the end of his international career.
Abdul Aziz- Pakistan
In 1959, Pakistan’s young batsman Abdul Aziz was playing a domestic match in Karachi. A bouncer of the fast bowler went straight to the chest. He had heart disease at the age of only 17 and the bouncer’s injury proved to be fatal for him. He fell on the ground and later died. This incident is still counted among the most unfortunate events in cricket history.
Mark Varmon- Zimbabwe
Irfan Pathan’s sharp bouncer was imposed while playing Zimbabwe’s batsman Mark Varmons against India. The ball was on his head, due to which his head was fractured. He had to undergo a hard head surgery. Surprisingly, this was the second such incident of his career when he suffered a serious head injury.