Deadly cricketing injuries
For anyone, including myself, who thought that cricket was possibly more tedious and less dangerous than watching paint dry, come two poignant events that dispel the myth. Only days after Australian batsman Philip Hughes died after being struck in the neck by a bouncer, Israeli umpire Hillel Oscar died after being struck in the neck by a freak ricochet from a batsman's shot.
What do these two tragic incidents have in common? That's right, necks. If necks were to be banned in cricket, it could return to being the terminally dull waste of time that I so loathed at school.