Hobart Hurricanes captain Nathan Ellis suffered a horrific collision with billboards during the 29th match of the ongoing Big Bash League 2024-25 (BBL 2024-25) against Sydney Thunder at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Friday, January 10 . .
The incident happened on the fourth ball of the 15th over at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, when Nathan Ellis nearly gave fans and players a heart attack as he lay motionless on the pitch after crashing into a billboard in Hobart.
Nathan Ellis collided with billboards in horrific incident during BBL 2024-25 match.
In a horrific incident during a Big Bash League 2024-25 match, the Hobart Hurricanes captain injured himself trying to make a full-length dive to stop the ball from reaching the boundary after falling. It all started when Riley Meredith edged a length delivery through square leg and raced for the second run after Sam Billings hit the ball for a six.
The bowler’s toss hit David Warner’s bat and sent the ball in a different direction. But, despite the long way, Nathan Ellis ran after him and tried to get the ball back into play. Unfortunately, the speed took the Australian pacer to the billboards at Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
Ellis slammed his head against the billboards. The speedster of the Hurricanes lay motionless for a while, looking shaken and shaken, but luckily not passed out. Meanwhile, a physio ran onto the field to attend to the Hobart Hurricanes captain as play was halted for several minutes.
Nathan Ellis slams his head right into the billboard to protect the boundary..good news is he’s gone and looked good..hope he’s good. #BBL2024 #NathanEllis pic.twitter.com/Suo9BLp2L8
— $hy (@linktoshy) January 10, 2025
Ricky Ponting hails Nathan Ellis for his commitment to the game and his team Hobart Hurricanes
After a brief check-up, the Hurricanes paceman was able to communicate with the team and broadcasters, assuring everyone that he was fine despite the horrific incident during the BBL 2024-25 clash. After a quick recovery, Ellis was able to return to play his quota of early innings and showed great resilience in the face of a bad knock.
After the incident during the BBL 2024-25 clash, Ricky Ponting hailed Ellis as the Australian pacer returned to the field and even completed his quota in the BBL clash. “You won’t find a more determined opponent than Nathan Ellis,” Ponting said on air.
“You won’t find a more determined opponent than Nathan Ellis.”
– Ricky Ponting, Ellis is not only on the field but back with the ball in hand #BBL14 https://t.co/MKJlSDPJQU pic.twitter.com/WTEfhAs9D5
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 10, 2025
Nathan Ellis completed his quota of four overs but remained wicketless as he conceded 42 runs to Sydney Thunder. However, Hobart Hurricanes were able to beat Thunders by six wickets in their BBL 2024-25 clash thanks to Tim David’s unbeaten fifty in Hobart on Friday.
Tim David starred with the bat as the Hurricanes crushed the Thunders by 6 wickets.
Chasing a target of 165 runs, Tim David single-handedly powered the Hurricanes to a six-wicket win over the Thunders within 17 overs. However, Nikhil Chaudhary also contributed 29 runs to the hosts’ successful chase. Nikhil and David added 41 runs for the fourth wicket while Tim and Chris Jordan (18*) added an unbeaten 65 runs off just 28 balls to take the Hurricanes over the line with 19 balls to spare.
George Garton scalped two wickets in the match for Thunders while Riley Meredith took two wickets for Hobart in the BBL 2024-25 match. After winning the Man of the Match award, Tim David said: “We have a very good team this season; we’re playing well and we’ve done well to top the table, so we’re looking forward to the next three games.”
With the win, Hobart Hurricanes moved to the top of the Big Bash League 2024-25 points table with 11 points from seven games with one result and only one loss.
 against Sydney Thunder on Friday, on January 10, at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart.){kind=link}