NEW DELHI: A senior umpire in Australia went via a horrific on-field tragedy and was hospitalized after sustaining severe accidents to the face throughout a match in Perth over the weekend.
Umpire Tony DeNobrega was officiating a third-grade match at Charles Veryard Reserve in North Perth when he was hit flush within the face by a ball hit by a batter.
Graphic picture of the umpire after being hit was posted on social media, exhibiting the severity of the damage sustained. DeNobrega was left with extreme swelling round his lips, proper cheek and eye and is at the moment underneath commentary within the hospital.
The West Australian Suburban Turf Cricket Umpires Affiliation supplied particulars on the incident on their Fb web page, saying that the damage to DeNobrega’s face, required hospitalization and {that a} suegery shouldn’t be out of the query but.
“A straight drive out of the screws hit Tony flush within the aspect of the face,” the West Australian Suburban Turf Cricket Umpires Affiliation posted on Fb.
“Spending the evening in hospital, Tony was lucky sufficient to not have had any damaged bones nonetheless the docs are protecting him in underneath commentary as surgical procedure shouldn’t be out of the query.”
Whereas DeNobrega sustained no fractures however stays underneath commentary.
The umpires affiliation expressed their properly needs to DeNobrega. They described the incident as ‘horrible’ and hoped for his speedy restoration.
