Warner ‘shaken up’ by nets mishap: Finch
LONDON, June 8
Australia captain Aaron Finch said opener David Warner has been “shaken up” after his drive hit a net bowler in the head ahead of Sunday’s World Cup blockbuster against India.
Australia’s practice session at The Oval came to an abrupt halt when the bowler, Jaykishan Plaha, dropped to the ground after being hit on the head as he tried to stop opener Warner’s cracking drive off a half volley.
“The young guy seems to be in pretty good spirits. He’s obviously been taken off to hospital and will continue to be assessed just to make sure that everything is okay. But yeah, Dave was pretty shaken up, no doubt,” Finch said.
In 2014, Warner was playing in the Sheffield Shield match in which his friend Phil Hughes was fatally hit in the neck by a bouncer while batting. Hughes underwent emergency surgery but died two days later, three days before his 26th birthday. — Agencies
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