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A sad reminder of the role of luck in sport and in life. We feel for his family, of course, and for the players and umpires who were there when it happened, especially the unfortunate and blameless young bowler. Even for the helmet manufacturer; he may have been wearing a 2013 helmet but it's very unlikely a newer one would have helped.
I hope we can best commemorate him by continuing to play the game, and not getting sucked into Something Must Be Done. Especially at the recreational level, where the bowlers aren't that quick and the pitches not that hard, the chances of this being repeated are truly negligible. Yet I fear a rush of parents deciding the game is too risky, whereas the far greater risk is the sedentary life that sport helps them to avoid. I hope I'm wrong.
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