An ambulance was called onto Barbados outfield after a horrific outfield collision between two fielders during a Caribbean Premier League match.
West Indies batsman Kieran Powell was straight away driven from the field in an ambulance following the tragic head-on collision in Barbados today.
Powell collided heavily with fellow St Kitts & Nevis Patriots player JJ Smuts as both men ran towards the ball trying to catch a lofted drive from Barbados Tridents batsman AB de Villiers.
De Villiers was enjoying a blistering form, racing to a half-century and was on 67 in the 19th over when he hammered Alzarri Joseph’s ball towards the long-on boundary.
Powell raced around from his position on the boundary line at straight long-on and Smuts came from the opposite direction and both players collided heavily, with Powell bearing the major brunt of the impact, as well as falling heavily with his head banging on the ground.
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Both players lay prone on the outfield turf as players and support staff from both teams rushed to help them. Stretchers were quickly called and an ambulance drove onto the Kensington Oval to continue the treatment.
Smuts was first to his feet and the South African was seemed to have recovered from the injury sufficiently to go on to open the batting for St Kitt’s run chase in Powell’s absence.
De Villiers finished with 82 from 54 balls, with nine boundaries and three sixes as Barbados posted 6-180 in the T20 clash.
The South African great had earlier been rattled with a bouncer from Joseph that clattered into the grill on his helmet. But de Villiers recovered quickly and hit the next ball for one of his sixes.
In the final over de Villiers deposited a ball onto the roof of the grandstand for his final six before getting caught in the deep next ball.
Wath the video of collision here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqdsUqRJ_98