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    A teen cricketer has died in Australia, struck in the head and neck warming up for a match

    A teen cricketer has died in Australia, struck in the head and neck warming up for a match


    17-year-old Ben Austin was hit in the nets at his club in Melbourne's Ferntree Gully on Tuesday.

    Media report he wasn't facing a bowler, but rather throw-downs from a dog ball launcher, in a warm up exercise.

    It's 11 years since Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes was killed when hit in the neck by a ball during a Sheffield Shield game at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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