Daren Sammy: “I literally questioned whether I wanted to play cricket again. Shoaib Akhtar did that to me”
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Former West Indies captain Daren Sammy has revealed that iconic Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar made him question if he wanted to play cricket again.
Daren Sammy: “I saw Shoaib Akhtar bowling a bouncer to Brian Lara and hit him in the head. Brian Lara fell back probably almost unconscious”
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Former West Indies captain Daren Sammy has recalled how lethally quick Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar almost knocked legendary batsman Brian Lara unconscious.
“Both Rory and Moises are in decent shape following their operations overnight”
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Surrey opener Rory Burns and all-rounder Moises Henriques have both undergone surgery after they were involved in a sickening on-field collision on Sunday.
“He is out of danger now but has been kept under observation for a day”
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Mumbai batsman Abhishek Nayar is in stable condition after suffering a head injury while fielding during a Ranji Trophy semi-final match against defending champions Karnataka.
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“He’s got [a] lump on the side of his head the size of a cricket ball”
New South Wales batsman Daniel Hughes has survived a similar blow to the neck to the one that tragically killed Australia opener Phillip Hughes during a Sheffield Shield match in November.
“I was kind of scared because you never know with a head injury how serious it could be”
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Barbados batsman Omar Phillips has revealed that he doesn’t “really remember what happened” after he was struck on the back of the head during a first-class match against Windward Islands.
“We’re trying to expel his name from the tragedy”
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New South Wales captain Moises Henriques has called on the cricketing community to stop mentioning pace bowler Sean Abbott’s name when talking about Phillip Hughes’ death.
“There’s no doubt that mentally the last couple of days have been the most challenging of my career”
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Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has revealed that Phillip Hughes’ death has been the most mentally challenging thing he has had to deal with in his international career.
