When New Zealand faced England on February 1975, English pacer Peter Lever delivered a brute of a delivery that Kiwi batter Ewen Chatfield was not able to get rid off and it struck him on the head. After which Chatfield fell over.
Karun Nair happened to end up in an unfortunate and life-threatening boat accident six years back in the year 2016. But luckily, the Karnataka batter escaped death and survived that accident.
The former South Africa all-rounder Andrew Hall is most possibly the only cricketer in history who escaped from death not one but twice. The first incident with Hall happened 24 years back in the year 1998 when he received shot six bullets at an ATM machine. Four years later in 2002, he fell prey to car-jacking and got pointed a gun to his head for five minutes.
Andrew Flintoff had a celebrated and decorated career for England. The accident took place during his stint as a presenter for the BBC show Top Gear. This unforeseen incident happened with the 45-year-old earlier this month at Dunsfold Aerodrome’s test track in the English county of Surrey on the 13th of December.