When death came calling on the cricket field

A Langwarrin club cricket bat rests on stumps, in respect for Phillip Hughes. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images Tragedy struck Indian cricket on Monday when a 20-year-old player died as a......

12 cricketers called to rest on the field

Tributes placed next to a photograph of Phil Hughes outside the Adelaide Oval on Friday. Photograph: Morne de Klerk/Getty Images Phil Hughes’s tragic death has sent a shock wave across the......

Umpire killed by ball thrown by fielder

A cricket umpire died at the weekend after being hit on the head by a ball thrown by a fielder. Alcwyn Jenkins, 72, was officiating on Saturday in a local league match at the St Helen's ground in......