Panic In Australia As Phil Hughes' Scare Reappears With Sam Harper Getting Rushed To The Hospital After Being Hit On The Head
Published - 05 Jan 2024, 05:24 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 10:20 AM
In an unfortunate turn of events, Melbourne Stars??? Wicket-keeper Batsman Sam Harper had to be rushed to a nearby hospital as he was hit by a beaming delivery during a net session earlier today. Those who witnessed the incident unfold were extremely scared and taken aback with some claiming that it reminded them of the Phil Hughes incident.
It was confirmed by a local journalist from Australia on Friday afternoon, a day before the Melbourne Stars take on Sydney Sixers for match number 28 in front of the home crowd. Sam Harper who turned 27 last month was lucky to have not endured much damage as those close to him felt something very wrong after seeing him getting hit on the head during an MCG net session.
The Victoria-born cricketer made his Big Bash League debut in 2016 with the Melbourne Stars before joining the other Melbourne outfit, the Renegades a few seasons later. He finished as the 2nd highest run-getter for the Reds and ahead of the ongoing campaign???s start, he moved back to the Green side of Melbourne through a trade deal.
Sam Harper had scored 264 runs last year at a strike rate of almost 148. He is one of the promising prospects of Australian cricket who is yet to be called up by the national team. In first-class cricket, the 27-year-old has scored 1569 runs in 44 matches including 3 centuries and 5 half-centuries.
His List A stats aren???t that impressive, scoring 726 runs in 32 matches but Sam Harper has been a good player in the BBL for both the Melbourne sides. He has 1470 runs under his belt in 80 BBL outings with a strike rate of 132 and has 10 Fifties to his name.
But Sam Harper???s fatal accident has shocked the Australian cricketing fraternity, bringing back the memories of Phillip Hughes??? horrific death after being hit by a ball from Sean Abbott on his neck. Hughes would faint on the ground and would not get up until an emergency helicopter carried him to the hospital where he was announced dead.
The incident took place in 2014 during a Shield game in Sydney and it shocks every Australian to this day.
Sam Harper Is Out Of Danger And Is In A Stable Condition
Sam Harper was hit in the head while batting in the MCG nets. The good news is he???s breathing, in a stable condition and was conscious when he was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
Those who saw the incident were visibly shaken and???
After being hit straight on the head, Sam Harper was taken to a hospital around the Melbourne Cricket Ground and might have been taken to an Intensive Care Unit where he is currently in stable condition. According to sources, he was breathing and was in a conscious state when he was carried to the hospital for treatment.
The net session at the MCG was immediately called off after the incident but Melbourne Stars??? upcoming match against the Sydney Sixers is tomorrow.
