Serious Cricket Injuries

[Howsie]

What's the most serious cricket injury you have picked up playing cricket, I'm just asking because I broke my femur while I was bowling and I've looked all over the net and I haven't been able to find anything like that happening.

By the way it happend when I was 17, and it's taken about a year to fully recover.

 

[jathu]

Well, apart from pulling my hamstrings a few times, recently I took a catch which caused me to have a chip fracture in my left index finger.

 

[ChakaZulu]

I dislocated my shoulder shying at the stumps for a run-out. Taken to hospital, given many drugs and when, the following season, I was getting ready for my first game, it came as a total surprise when my wife told me they cut my shirt off me...

 

[Julian87]

My worst is dislocating my right knee when playing a pull shot. Doubled over and it clicked back in. The ball still went for four . Happened when I was about 14.

Worst I have seen though was my younger brother this season just gone. Was at short point and went to catch a ball that was absolutely smashed and hit him on the end of the thumb. Double compound dislocation they called it. Was pretty ****ed up. He's back playing, but it isn't 100%, and I think it will take a while for the jarring/tenderness to subside.

 

[OnDrive]

I survived a spell of furious fast bowling from some guy who didn't like me, only to try and sweep a dibbly-dobbler, get a top edge, and have the ball hit me on my nose.

 

[AshNZ]

- Fractured pinkie while bowling. This dude furiosly hit the ball back towards me. I had no time to react and the ball caught my pinkie. That season was particularly bad for my fingers. I bruised them badly twice more when catching the ball. Captain then modified my catching technique.

- Bruised face and damaged nerves just under the eye. Got hit by a bouncer in nets and wasn't wearing helmet. Took 2-3 months for me to feel left side of my face again. It was numb.

Other then that, presistent back and leg pains. But that's behind me now.

 

[Jakester1288]

My worst is dislocating my right knee when playing a pull shot. Doubled over and it clicked back in. The ball still went for four . Happened when I was about 14.

Worst I have seen though was my younger brother this season just gone. Was at short point and went to catch a ball that was absolutely smashed and hit him on the end of the thumb. Double compound dislocation they called it. Was pretty ****ed up. He's back playing, but it isn't 100%, and I think it will take a while for the jarring/tenderness to subside.

That was up here in the Bradman cup wasn't it?