Big accident with Blair Tickner (Photo-GETTY IMAGES)
Blair Tickner: The bowler who has shown the path to the pavilion to Virat and Rohit Sharma. The bowler who is considered one of the best red ball bowlers of New Zealand has suffered a terrible injury. Blair Tickner had an accident in the Wellington Test after which he had to be taken to the hospital straight from the match. This right-arm fast bowler was bowling havoc against West Indies, Tickner had taken four wickets but while fielding, he got badly injured and his left shoulder was injured. While fielding at fine leg, Tickner jumped to stop the ball and during this his shoulder hit the ground and as a result it got dislocated.
Tickner reached hospital from the field
As soon as Blair Tickner got injured, he did not get up from the field. Seeing him not moving, the Kiwi physio immediately came to the field and then it was found that his shoulder was dislocated. After this, a stretcher was brought to the field and from there he was taken directly to the hospital. According to the latest report, he is currently admitted in the hospital.
Blair Tickner injured of saving a boundary. He may have dislocated his shoulder. Concerned faces in the New Zealand camp and Rae is almost in tears! Tickner is being stretched off.#NZvWI pic.twitter.com/tuCw8xLhPz
— Cric Venky (@VenkyK_Offic) December 10, 2025
Tickner’s Stars in Gardish
Blair Tickner’s luck is going bad at the moment. This player had returned to the Test team after two years, he had also taken four wickets, but now see this player got injured. After this injury, he may remain out of the field for at least 3-4 months. Not only this, Tickner’s wife has also been diagnosed with blood cancer. Last year, when he was playing county cricket for Derbyshire, his wife developed blood cancer. His wife was also pregnant at that time. Now Tickner is also undergoing chemotherapy for his wife and now he himself has got injured.
Talking about the first day of the Wellington Test, the West Indies team got bundled out for just 205 runs in the first innings. Shay Hope scored the highest 48 runs. John Campbell also played an inning of 44 runs. Tickner took 4 wickets, Michael Ray took 3 wickets. By the end of the day’s play, New Zealand had scored 24 runs without loss.