5 balls that shook the cricketing world

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2. Darryn Randall, 32 (South Africa, 2013)

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Darryn Randall (1980-2013)

The 32-year-old South African wicket keeper batsman was struck on the temple in an attempt to pull the short pitch delivery. Randall made his first class debut in 2009 and played for Border.

The incident occurred in a league match between Old Selbornians and Fort Hare University in Alice, Eastern Cape on October 27, 2013. He collapsed and was taken to the Alice Hospital where the doctors were not able to save him.

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