WATCH: Sam Harper and Nathan Ellis involved in frightful collision in Renegades vs Hurricanes match

Sam Harper and Nathan Ellis involved in frightful collision: The two cricketers were involved in an unfortunate and dangerous collision.

During the 46th match of the ongoing ninth season of the Big Bash League between Melbourne Renegades and Hobart Hurricanes in Melbourne, Melbourne Renegades wicket-keeper batsman Sam Harper and Hobart Hurricanes pacer Nathan Ellis were involved in a frightful collision.

It all happened on the fourth delivery of the fourth over when Harper played an Ellis delivery towards mid-off and hurried on for a single.

The batsman’s attempt to make his crease and the bowler’s attempt to collect the ball saw them colliding in a dangerous manner. The action sequence saw Harper flying over the top of Ellis but a nasty landing ended up causing him significant trouble.

Having given the impression of landing on his neck with his helmet put on, Harper immediately asked for medical attention. Not giving affirmative signs via his body language after getting hurt, the 23-year old player eventually retired hurt due to concussion.

It is worth mentioning that Renegades have called in batsman Tom Cooper as Harper’s concussion substitute for this match.

Chasing a 191-run target, Renegades have a mountainous task in front of them especially after the dismissal of veteran batsman Shaun Marsh (56).

After Melbourne captain Daniel Christian won the toss and invited the opposition in to bat, Hobart posted 190/3 in their allotted quota of 20 overs on the back of individual half-centuries from their opening batsman in Matthew Wade (66) and Macalister Wright (70*).

Sam Harper and Nathan Ellis involved in frightful collision

😨 Nasty collision in the middle between Sam Harper and Nathan Ellis. Play has stopped while the docs take a look at Harper #BBL09 pic.twitter.com/yDARqnMtRl

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 21, 2020

How Twitterati reacted:

Goodness 😳

Sam Harper takes a nasty fall, and is now off the field.

Fingers crossed it’s not too serious… #BBL09 pic.twitter.com/uHNyJFbKLm

— #7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 21, 2020

A very scary collision for the Renegade’s Sam Harper and Nathan Ellis.

Fingers crossed for Harper that he’s okay. #TasmaniasTeam #BBL09 https://t.co/bTndZ6MH74

— Hobart Hurricanes (@HurricanesBBL) January 21, 2020

The independent doctor has pulled Sam Harper from the field. Fingers crossed he’s okay 🤞 #BBL09 pic.twitter.com/3bEFZEk7gC

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 21, 2020

An update on Sam Harper: He’s continuing to undergo assessment + we hope to have an update later this evening #GETONRED

— Melbourne Renegades (@RenegadesBBL) January 21, 2020

That looked like a horror collision between Harper and Ellis. He is very wobbly. Good to see Ellis straight over though #BBL09

— Davis Harrigan 🦁 (@DeadlineDavis) January 21, 2020

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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