VIDEO: Australian wicket-keeper suffers freak injury in Sheffield Shield match

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New Delhi: Australian wicket-keeper Sam Harper was hospitalized following a blow to the head from South Australia’s Jake Lehmann’s bat in the Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval.

The incident took place in the final minutes of the first session on Saturday during Bush rangers clash with South Australia. 

Bushrangers wicketkeeper Sam Harper taken to hospital after copping a blow to the head behind the stumps. #7News https://t.co/qOSCqzbuE2

— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) February 11, 2017

The 20-year-old fell on turf and soon was rushed to the hospital where he underwent scans after spending one night at the medical facility. The scan has identified no internal bleeding and bone damage which comes in as good news for the young wicket-keeper.

This is not the first time that such incident took place in Australian cricket, Melbourne Renegrades Wicket-keeper Phill Neville suffered similar blow after Brad Hodge’s bat swung from his hand to hit wicket-keeper’s head in the Big Bash League.