Top 10 Cricketers Who Lost Their Lives During Matches: Who Gone Too Soon
By Aniket Kuila | July 05,2025
Died in 2014 while playing a domestic cricket match when a ball hit him in the neck.
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Died in 1998 when hit on the head in Bangladesh while fielding without a helmet.
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In 2006, the former Pakistan player collapsed on the pitch while having a heart attack during a game in England.
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Died in 2013 after receiving a hit to the head from the ball in a domestic cricket match.
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Collapsed with a heart attack in 1993 in the hospital while being treated for an eye injury sustained on the field.
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A young club cricketer who died in 2013 after he was hit in the chest by the ball while batting.
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Collapsed on the ground and died in 2012 of a presumed heart attack just after taking five wickets.
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After being hit by the ball in his head, George died in 1870.
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