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In an unusual incident,a young cricketer here suffered a heart attack after being hit in the chest by the ball while practising.
The 25-year-old was batting when he was struck by the fast-moving ball during a training session last night,media reports said,adding that the youth subsequently collapsed on the ground.
The paramedics,however,rushed to the scene and revived the 25-year-old,reports said.
The man was facing a fast delivery from the bowler and the ball him in the chest over the heart area, intensive care paramedic Phil Morey said.
He collapsed on the ground and suffered a cardiac arrest,which means he didn’t have a pulse. It is a very unusual circumstance,it’s not something that I have seen before, Ambulance Victoria spokesman Paul Bentley said,pointing out that the incident was fairly unusual.
There have been documented cases overseas with baseballs, he added.
