Marut Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Don't think so. Chest traumas can result in fatalities in teenagers. Unlikely but can happen without underlying cardiac disease. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/902504-overview The hardness of the cricket ball poses grave risk to all players involved with it. Body blows are so common in cricket, yet fatalities seem very uncommon. Makes me think many of the people who die on the cricket field may be predisposed. (Given that conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure etc are pretty common, such predisposition can be easily explained) A lot of deaths would have happened before the 80s, when there was much less protective equipment in cricket, but I think it did not happen due to this reason.
MK55 Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 The hardness of the cricket ball poses grave risk to all players involved with it. Body blows are so common in cricket' date=' yet fatalities seem very uncommon. Makes me think many of the people who die on the cricket field may be predisposed. (Given that conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure etc are pretty common, such predisposition can be easily explained) A lot of deaths would have happened before the 80s, when there was much less protective equipment in cricket, but I think it did not happen due to this reason.[/quote'] Its a very rare occurrence and the impact has to be localized and at a particular time. Young people are more vulnerable to it. There have been reported cases where even with protective chest guards, persons have succumbed. Given that he collapsed immediately after a moderate blow, this seems to be the most likely case rather than any structural disease due to a chronic condition. Regardless, very unfortunate for the kid.
adi B Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 Sad incident RIP .never thought we would see this side of the game as well
Magneto Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 The hardness of the cricket ball poses grave risk to all players involved with it. Body blows are so common in cricket' date=' yet fatalities seem very uncommon. Makes me think many of the people who die on the cricket field may be predisposed. (Given that conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure etc are pretty common, such predisposition can be easily explained) A lot of deaths would have happened before the 80s, when there was much less protective equipment in cricket, but I think it did not happen due to this reason.[/quote'] It's becoming seriously gradually. Some 7-8 cricketers killed in professional cricket in the last few years.
Detonator Posted January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 RIP. The ball could have triggered cardiac seizure, a timely first aid and treatment would have saved his life.
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