The family of Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes has issued a heartbreaking statement to the family of a 17-year-old boy who died in similar circumstances.

An Australian teenager has died after he was hit by a cricket ball during a practice session in Melbourne. The 17-year-old was training in cricket nets in Ferntree Gully on Tuesday when he was struck in the head or neck by a ball from an automatic bowling machine. It's believed he was wearing a helmet.

Ferntree Gully have called for people to leave their ‘bats out for Ben’, in a tribute similar to those that were made after the death of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes in 2014.

A 17-year-old Australian cricketer, Ben Austin, has died after getting hit in the neck during a practice session, Cricket Australia confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 30.

Kent’s red-ball captain Daniel Bell-Drummond is optimistic he will play some cricket overseas this winter. Batsman Bell-Drummond missed the end of Kent’s season through injury and only featured twice following Spitfires’ dramatic progression from the Vitality T20 Blast South group stage in July.

Australian cricketer Ben Austin, 17, died after being struck by a ball during practice in Melbourne. The cricket community mourns the loss of the young athlete.

Experts, including the former doctor for the Australian cricket team, say more focus needs to be put on neck protection at all levels of the sport.

A teenage cricketer has died after being struck in the neck by a ball during a training session. Tributes were paid to Ben Austin, 17, after his death on Wednesday following an incident at the Ferntree Gully Cricket Club in Victoria, Australia.

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A 17-year-old cricketer from Melbourne died after being struck by a ball during a practice session. Ben Austin, a promising young player from Ferntree Gully, was hit in the neck while training in the nets at the Wally Tew Reserve in Melbourne ’s east on Tuesday afternoon.

Cricket Australia confirmed the death of 17-year-old player Ben Austin, who was struck by a ball ahead of a match Tuesday. Austin, who was described as a "truly great young man," was struck in the neck during a pre-match training session. Austin was facing balls in the nets when he was hit by the ball. The incident occurred in front of teammates.

Cricket Victoria has launched an investigation into serious allegations of ball-tampering in a First XI match on Saturday.