5 worst on-field collisions in cricket
The macabre incident involving Sussex cricketers Rory Burns and Moises Henriques reminds us once again about the lack of safety in contact sports in spite of stringent rules and massively upgraded precautionary measures. It also throws up a hint or two about the frailty of even the best-trained human bodies and the helplessness one feels in the face of inevitability.Let us have a look at a few instances where on-field collisions in the cricket field resulted in gruesome injuries.
#5 Brendon McCullum and Kyle Mills
The ultimate consequences of this incident were the least damaging in comparison to the list here, although the manner was neither too smooth, nor aesthetically appealing. That Kyle Mills had been able to get away without losing an eye was lucky indeed, considering Brendon McCullum’s stoic stature and heavily gloved hands.
Yuvraj Singh had been living dangerously for quite some time in his comeback game for the Indian team after his inspiring battle with cancer, when he top-edged a short delivery high up in the air. As the ball lingered in the air for what seemed like an eternity, New Zealand wicketkeeper McCullum ran back and towards leg with his stretched in front. Unaware of his teammate, Mills swooped in from the outfield, his eyes fixated on the white sphere.
A nightmarish collision witnessed McCullum rolling over Mills and spinning quite a distance. Concern, however, emerged not on the dropped catch, but on Mills who was lying down on the ground having taken a blow from the keeper’s elbow on the head. As he walked off the field after a few minutes of on-field treatment, the sightscreen focused on his bruised eye that had turned black from internal hemorrhage.