List of fatalities while playing cricket

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The following is a list of notable cricket players who died while playing a game, died directly from injuries sustained while playing, or died after being taken ill on the ground.

PlayerCauseDatePlace
Jasper VinallStruck on the head by a bat as a result of a double-hit attempt. [1] 28 August 1624 Horsted Keynes, Sussex
Henry BrandStruck on the head by a bat (notable for being a similar double-hit to Vinall, which may have resulted in the 1744 codification of the rule. [2] 1647 Selsey, West Sussex.
Frederick, Prince of Wales Keen on cricket and real tennis, it's been speculated that he died from either a pulmonary embolism or a burst abscess caused by being hit with a ball [3] 20 March 1751 London
James Balchen"Killed by a cricket ball" [4] buried 14 June 1764Godalming, Surrey
George Summers Struck on the head by a ball [5] 29 June 1870 Nottingham
John Hamilton Plumptre LightonSon of Rev. Sir Christopher Lighton, Baronet; struck by a return drive by a batsman [6] [7] 12 July 1872 Repton, Derbyshire
Claude Wilson Killed by sunstroke [8] 29 June 1881 Betchworth, Surrey
Lord Fitzroy SomersetYoungest son of the Duke of Beaufort; collapsed and died of suspected heart failure [9] 23 July 1881near Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Frederick Randon Sr. Struck on the head by a ball at Lord's in 1881, from which he never fully recovered, dying in February 1883 [10] 17 February 1883 Hathern, Leicestershire
Frederick Jackman Collapsed while batting [11] 5 September 1891 Horndean, England
Charles LaneStruck over the heart by a ball [12] 20 May 1895 Cosme, Paraguay
Arthur EarlamStruck by a return drive by the batsman [13] July 1921 Runcorn, Cheshire
Edward Cox Heart failure while playing cricket [14] 23 July 1925 Holyport, Berkshire, England
Max Smith Struck by a ball (bowled by his younger brother Clive Smith) which deflected into his head. [15] 27 October 1941 Werribee, Australia
Andy Ducat Heart failure [16] 23 July 1942 London
Tom Killick Heart problem [17] 18 May 1953 Northampton
Abdul Aziz Struck over the heart by a ball [18] 17 January 1959 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Martin BedkoberDied when hit over the heart by a cricket ball; [19] flatmate of Jeff Thomson 13 December 1975 Brisbane, Queensland
Michael Ainsworth "Suddenly" [20] 28 August 1978 Hillingdon, London
Wilf Slack Collapsed while batting [21] 15 January 1989 Banjul, the Gambia
Ian Folley Heart attack while being treated in hospital for eye injury sustained on the field [22] 30 August 1993 Whitehaven, Cumbria
Raman Lamba Struck on the head by a ball while fielding [23] 23 February 1998 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Wasim Raja Suffered a heart attack on the pitch [21] [24] 23 August 2006 Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Darryn Randall Struck on the head by a ball [21] 27 October 2013 Alice, Eastern Cape
Phillip Hughes Struck on the neck by a ball during a Sheffield shield match bowled by Sean Abbott [25] 27 November 2014 Sydney, New South Wales
Raymond van Schoor Stroke [26] 20 November 2015 Windhoek, Namibia

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