BBL Wicketkeeper Hit In Face With Cricket Bat

Suspected broken jaw


16 January 2017

Last nights BBL match between the Melbourne Renegades and Adelaide Strikers turned deadly as Renegades Wicketkeeper Peter Nevill was hit in the face from a flying cricket bat.

Brad Hodge had a wild swing at a ball and his bat slipped from his hands travelling some distance before hitting Nevill in the jaw.

He was rushed off the field to hospital with a suspected broken jaw.

Brad Hodge spoke to Triple M Adelaide this morning about the incident:

Watch the vision here: