Melbourne, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - Tributes as death of Australian teenager touches cricket world

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2025-10-31

Players wore black armbands and held a minute's silence as tributes poured in Friday for the Australian teenager whose death touched the cricket world. Ben Austin, 17, died on Thursday after being hit in the neck before a local Twenty20 game in Melbourne while in the nets facing a ball-throwing device. He was wearing a helmet, but reportedly not a stem guard, which protects the neck. It revived memories of Test star Phillip Hughes, who was killed......

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