A 17-year-old cricketer has died in Australia after being struck in the neck by a ball during a training session. Ben Austin died on Wednesday following an incident at the Ferntree Gully Cricket Club ...

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) — A 17-year-old cricketer has died after a training accident in suburban Melbourne. Local cricket officials said Ben Austin was rushed to a hospital in critical condition ...

The cricket community is mourning the loss of one of its own after a 17-year-old Australian died after being struck in the neck by a ball during practice, the country’s national governing body for the ...

A promising young cricket career has come to a sudden and heartbreaking end. On October 30, 2025, a 17-year old cricketer in Melbourne, Ben Austin, tragically lost his life after being struck in the ...

A 17-year-old cricketer from Melbourne died after being struck by a ball during a practice session. Ben Austin, a promising young player from Ferntree Gully, was hit in the neck while training in the ...

Ben Austin, a 17-year-old Australian cricketer, has died after being hit in the neck during a training session in Melbourne, evoking widespread grief and painful memories of the tragic passing of ...

Ben Austin, 17, was warming up for a T20 match in Ferntree Gully, in Melbourne’s East, on Wednesday when he was struck in the ...