Hurricanes mentor Gary Kirsten suffers a nose injury during training session

Hobart Hurricanes mentor Gary Kirsten suffered an injury when one of his players broke his jaw in a freak accident.

Kirsten was giving some throwdown to his swashbuckling opener D’Arcy Short in the Blundstone Arena’s indoor nets when he was slammed by a drive, leaving him with horrendous facial injuries.

Ex-South African Kirsten suffered a cracked jaw and required dental work to fix up multiple chipped teeth. However, he didn’t need any surgery although he was spotted using some heavy swelling around his mouth. Kirsten completed his coaching duties as normal.

George Bailey suggested the incident has forced everyone to think of using protective gears while giving throwdowns.

“Darce just whacked one back at him that he didn’t pick up in time. He is hitting the ball pretty cleanly and hard at the moment. It was a bit messy.  (Kirsten) has actually come out of it very luckily in the big scheme of things,” Bailey said.

“He said that he’s probably been a blasé about that over the years. It’s obviously prompted (a change) – everyone has had (helmets) on since,” he stated further.

Coaches have become proactive in protecting themselves while performing the task of throwing balls to batsmen looking to fine-tune their power hitting. Recently, Aussie coach Darren Lehman was spotted wearing a full hockey mask at the training session.

During matches, some umpires were spotted wearing helmets while Australian official Bruce Oxenford has used a custom-made bulletproof shield dubbed the ‘Ox-blocker.’

Meanwhile, Short appeared unaffected by the incident with Kirsten in the nets two days prior as he continued his red-hot form to go past Shaun Marsh’s record for the most runs in a single BBL season.

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