9 Tragic Incidents on The Cricket Field

Now a least of the cricketers who were severely injured but their life was saved.

# Mark Boucher

Mark Boucher is a former South African cricketer, who holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper.

Mark Boucher suffered a serious eye injury on 9 July 2012, after being struck on his left eye by a bail. He was not wearing a protective helmet nor glasses when he was struck by the bail after leg-spinner Imran Tahir bowl Somerset's Gemaal Hussain.

After undergoing two operations on his injured eye, surgeons announced that they were "cautiously optimistic."

# Saba Karim, India

Saba Karim is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper.

One of the deliveries from Kumble redirected off Bangladesh batsman Habibul Bashar's pad and struck Karim in the right eye. The effects of an eye injury suffered while keeping for India against Bangladesh in a limited-overs match in May 2000 ended his playing career.

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