A young Australian club cricketer, Ben Austin, died in the hospital on Thursday after being struck in the neck with a ball of a ‘Sidearm’ thrower in Melbourne’s east. The tragedy has sent shockwaves through the cricketing fraternity, while also serving as a horrific reminder of Phil Hughes’ death in similar circumstances in 2014.

Head of Cricket Victoria, Nick Cummins, has confirmed the 17-year-old, who was representing the Ferntree Gully Cricket Club, was wearing a helmet. According to local media, paramedics were called to the Wally Tew Reserve in Ferntree Gully on Tuesday evening and took Austin to Monash Medical Center.

“The ball hit him in the neck in a similar accident that Phil Hughes suffered ten years ago," Cummins said, as quoted by ABC .

His condition was described as crit

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