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U17 cricketer dies after being hit by ball

Sun, Nov 2, '25 at 8:26 PM
Australian teenager has died after he was hit by a cricket ball during a practice session in Melbourne.
Ben Austin, 17, was training - with a helmet but no neck guard - in cricket nets in Ferntree Gully on Tuesday when he was hit in the neck by a ball thrown using a handheld ball launcher.
Sun, Nov 2, '25 at 8:27 PM

Here is the link


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rp0w5y0zko.amp