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Umpire standing in cricket match in city of Ashdod dies after being hit in the face by ball.
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A cricket umpire has died in the Israeli city of Ashdod after being hit by a ball, police say.
Hillel Oscar, 55, was taken to hospital on Saturday in the nearby
town of Ashkelon in critical condition where he died of his injuries,
police said. Oscar was also a former captain of Israel's national
cricket team.
"We're simply in shock," said Naor Gudker, the head of Israel Cricket Association. One
of the players, who witnessed the incident, told the Nana10 website
that the umpire, standing at the bowler's end, was struck by the ball in
his face after it ricocheted off the stumps from a shot that came
straight back down the pitch.
Police said they were investigating his death.
"We know a ball was hit in his direction, he tried to escape it, he
fell - what happened there is still being investigated," Gudker told the
AFP news agency.
"The entire Israel Cricket Association and players bow their heads in
his memory. He was a wonderful man, cricketer, and umpire," Gudker
said.
The death came two days after Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died
in hospital after being struck by a ball during a domestic first-class
match in Sydney. Cricket is not a major sport in Israel but
Ashdod is one of the main centres for the sport where a large number of
Jewish immigrants from India live. |
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