Cricket Casualties: Unfortunate Cricket deaths – Part 2
The excerpt is a continuation of Part of 1 that laid some light on the sad demise of cricketers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wilfred-Norris-Slack-c96598.
Raman Lamba (1960 – 1998)
Indian cricketer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 born, cricketer.
The tragedy took place in February, 1998, during a domestic fixture between Abahani Krira Chakra team and the opposing side, Mohammedan Sporting.
While fielding for his team, Abahani Krira Chakra, Lamba was asked by the skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khaled-Mashud-c71224 to take on ‘forward short-leg position’. The captain even asked Lamba whether he needed a helmet, but in response the fielder turned down the offer stating that
it was just a matter of three balls.
Many would now have been regretting that if only Lamba had gone for safety precaution; with the field all set, the spinner went on with the over delivering a short ball which resulted in a hard pulled shot by the batsman that landed on Lamba’s forehead.
The knock was said to be so forceful that it bounced off the fielder’s head producing a catch for the wicketkeeper.
Following the incident, Mashud stated ''I knew Mehrab (batsman) was out. But when the other players gathered around me to celebrate, I looked for Raman. He was lying on the ground."
Surprisingly, Lamba got up and walked off to the dressing room, failing to go on with the match. Soon after, Lamba was rushed to the hospital, after revealing that he was not feeling well.
However, by the time the player could reach the hospital, he lost consciousness following which the doctors were forced into recovering a blood clot from his brain.
The tragedy came to its finale when three days later, with the consent of his family, Lamba's life support was finally turned off.
Mourning on Lamba’s demise, Indian star cricketer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kapil-Dev-c70234 stated, that Raman's loss was a big jolt for the cricketing fraternity. The former skipper added that It was as if the entire earth had moved under one's feet and cited that the tragedy should
be taken up as a lesson for the future to take proper safety measures.
Lamba marked his international career following his premier in a first-ever One Day International (ODI) bout in September 1986 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 while his Test debut came later that year against the Sri Lankan tourists.
As for first class career, the much able batsman spent a considerable time spanning between 1978 and 1998 including an impressive bag of 121 matches, with an aggregate of 8776 runs including Lamba’s highest performance worth 320.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scott-Robert-Mason-c89054 (1976 – 2005)
Australian cricketer, Scott Mason, was another victim who passed away following an on field heart seizure. The player’s unfortunate demise and a sad loss for the Tasmanian cricketing fraternity came two days, in April, 2005, after Mason suffered a heart
attack during a net practice session for the 2005 Pura Cup and fell to his knees, following which Mason was quickly rushed to the hospital. The player was aged 28 during the time of his death.
Leading Mason’s tribute, former Tasmanian captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamie-Cox-c66230 stated, “It is just tragic and ironic that a guy whose heart was metaphorically so big and a man who was so courageous that it was the thing in the end that cost him his life".
Mason earned the much appreciation of the country’s cricketing personalities who mourned a great loss for the Australian cricketing brood.
Born in 1976, Mason marked his presence in the sport of cricket in 1997 and went on to serve the sport as well as his home team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tasmania-c854 till 2004. During his years of play, Mason took part in 28 first class matches earning a modest number of 1252 runs including
his best performance worth 174 runs.
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