Horrible accidents have happened to many players on the cricket field. Unfortunately, some players have lost their lives, while the careers of many players ended due to these accidents. Now a similar danger is looming over an Australian cricketer, who suffered a painful injury during the match. This accident happened with Australian wicketkeeper Bridget Patterson, who was playing for Adelaide Strikers in the Women’s Big Bash League. While keeping in the match against Sydney Sixers, the ball hit him hard on his right eye, after which panic spread in the entire field.
In the 5th match of the recently started new season of WBBL, the match between Adelaide and Sydney was going on on Tuesday 29 October. In this match, Adelaide batted first and scored a strong score of 171 runs in 20 overs. Before the wicketkeeping mishap, Bridget Patterson had shown her magic with the bat and scored the maximum of 44 runs for the team. She played this inning with the help of 6 fours and 1 six in 32 balls, while Amanda Jade Wellington scored 40 runs in just 16 balls.
The ball cheated, targeted the eye
After this, Sydney Sixers started chasing the target and even lost one wicket till the third over. Just after this this scary incident happened. Fast bowler Darcy Brown was bowling in the fourth over. On her fourth ball, Alice Parry missed the shot and the ball started going towards the wicketkeeper. This is where the ball betrayed Patterson. Actually, the ball took one more step before reaching keeper Patterson, but due to uneven bounce, the ball bounced much more than expected.
Thoughts are with Bridget Patterson after copping this nasty blow
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Patterson was on her knees to catch the ball, but with a high bounce right in front of her, the ball hit her directly in the eye. Adelaide’s keeper immediately covered her eyes with her gloves and lay down on the field groaning in pain. Immediately the medical team reached the ground and started knowing the condition of the eye. Patterson’s condition appeared to be very bad as blood started flowing from the wound. Blood was visible on his head near his ears. In such a situation, Patterson was taken out of the field.
Coach gave update on injury
After the match, Adelaide coach Luke Williams gave some relieving news. He told that the injury was very painful but Patterson has not suffered any serious wound and she can recover soon. Substitute wicketkeeper ER Johnston was brought in place of Patterson and only then the match was completed. Adelaide won this match by a close margin of 11 runs. Alice Perry’s inning of 54 runs in just 28 balls and Sarah Bryce’s inning of 62 runs were also not enough to give Sydney victory. This was Adelaide’s first win in two matches while Sydney’s first defeat in the same number of matches.
