Bouncer kills South African cricketer

DURBAN - Cricket South Africa expressed their shock and sadness over the sudden passing of Darryn Randall while playing in a Premier League match under the auspices of the Border Cricket Board between Old Selbornians and Fort Hare University at Alice on Sunday. The 32-year-old was struck on the side of the head in attempting to pull a short delivery, according to an official media release. He collapsed and was rushed to the Alice Hospital where he could not be revived by the doctors. He played four first-class matches for Border and represented various provincial youth teams while a pupil at Stirling Primary and Selborne College in East London and had established himself as a coach of note where he was running a highly regarded cricket academy at Stirling Primary School. –Agencies

ePaper - Nawaiwaqt