# Darryn Randall

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**Darryn Randall** (2 December 1980 – 27 October 2013) was a South African [cricketer](/source/Cricket).[1] He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for [Border](/source/Border_cricket_team) during the 2009–10 season, making four first-class and four List-A appearances. He was born in [East London](/source/East_London,_South_Africa).[2] Randall made his first-class debut against [Northerns](/source/Northerns_cricket_team) on 8 October 2009.[3]

## Death

Randall died on 27 October 2013 at the age of 32 after being hit on the head by a cricket ball during a match in [Alice, Eastern Cape](/source/Alice,_Eastern_Cape). He died immediately when the ball impacted his head while attempting a [pull shot](/source/Batting_(cricket)#Pull_and_hook).[4][5]

## See also

- [List of unusual deaths in the 21st century](/source/List_of_unusual_deaths_in_the_21st_century)
- [Ray Chapman](/source/Ray_Chapman), an American [baseball](/source/Baseball) player killed after being struck by a ball during a game; he was the only player in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) history to die of an in-game injury
- [List of fatal accidents in cricket](/source/List_of_fatal_accidents_in_cricket)

## References

1. ["The arrival of Sanga"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149902.html). *ESPN Cricinfo*. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

1. ["Darryn Randall"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/428696.html). *Cricinfo*. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

1. [Border v. Northerns, October 2009](http://www.cricinfo.com/rsadomestic-09/engine/current/match/423111.html)

1. ["Cricketer dies after blow to head"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/683131.html). *[ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)*. 2013-10-27. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

1. *Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2014*. 151st ed. Bloomsbury USA. 2014. p. 219. ISBN 9781408175682.

## External links

- [Darryn Randall](http://www.cricinfo.com/rsadomestic-09/content/current/player/428696.html) at Cricket Archive

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