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Yes, cricket is a contact sport. We have safety gear – but we need to do more

  • Written by Stephen Townsend, Research Fellow, UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
Yes, cricket is a contact sport. We have safety gear – but we need to do moreAcabashi/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Early on Thursday, a seventeen-year-old cricketer died in hospital after being injured in a training session in Melbourne days earlier.

While details of the tragic accident are still emerging, it appears Ben Austin’s death was the result of being struck by a bouncing ball.

Cricket Victoria told the ABC Ben was...

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