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[IQ]

About 5 years ago my mrs came to watch and was having a nice picnic with a couple of friends at the long off boundary. Pleasingly the bowler gave me a half volley which I duly despatched..... straight at my mrs! Luckily she was watching and saw the ball en route to her lovely picnic. To my horror she decided she was going to be helpful by collecting the ball when it arrived..... unfortunately she did not take the effect of the boundary rope into consideration. You can guess what happened next, hit the rope then jumped and said hello to her forehead. Incidentally there was more damage done when I burst out laughing upon seeing the seam mark later that day and referred to her as 'Potter' for the rest of the evening.

What a story!

[Danny1870]

i've hit a few bowlers and umpires with straight drives, but think the worst injury i've inflicted was on myself. playing on a day where there had been a little drizzle so the outfield was just a little slick i charged round the boundary and dived to save a four, i didn't realize quite how steep the bank the other side of the rope was and how thick the brambles were down there. as i flew down the greasy bank in my tangle of arms and legs i managed to tread on my hand putting my spikes through the skin, then ending up fully entangled in brambles and finally in trying to scramble still moving back up the bank stood on my other leg and opened up about an inch long gash that would eventually require 4 stitches. i didn't manage to stop the ball either to add insult to injury plus the mocking i received from the rest of my team.

[siridurrani]

Tore a 13-14 year olds anterior cruciate ligament once trying to run him out, his foot got planted in the ground, was horrible! Couldn't live with myself!!

[Rowan]

In juniors, I was bowling my good old top spinner on a concrete deck, it bounced so much that it knocked the kids cap off and his cap hit the wickets!

also my twin bowls around 120 and when i was 12 i lifted my head it went under my helmet and the seam gave me a nice seam grave down the left of my face, oh those good old county helmets, quality protection