Ferntree Gully cricket club confirms death of 17-year-old after incident in cricket nets on Tuesday
A Melbourne teenager has died after reportedly being struck in the neck with a ball during cricket practice earlier this week.
Emergency services were called to Wally Tew Reserve in Ferntree Gully, in Melbourne’s east, on Tuesday at about 4.45pm, where a 17-year-old boy was practising ahead of a cricket game.