Punjab Kings pacer Nathan Ellis suffered a nasty injury as he hurt his ribs during a diving catch attempt in a BBL game between Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars on Monday (January 15).
The injury scare came during the opening over of the Melbourne Stars run chase. Speaking about the incident, pacer Riley Meredith bowled a good length ball outside off stump. On the other hand, Dan Lawrence attempted to play it over the mid-off fielder for a boundary but mistimed it with a lob. Nathan Ellis ran from mid-off towards long-off to complete the catch but dived a fraction of a second late and fell on the ball, hurting his ribs.
Despite getting injured, Nathan Ellis bowled his four-overs quota and also scalped two crucial wickets including the big scalp of Glenn Maxwell. Thanks to his antics with the ball, Ellis was adjudged player of the match. Hobart Hurricanes also completed a crucial win in BBL 2024.
“Ellis has hurt himself. He’s hurt himself throwing himself at the ball. It was a whole-hearted effort by the skipper. Hopefully, it’s not a shoulder. That landed on his rib. That is better than a knee or shoulder, which is my first fear…He nearly got there, but he lands on the ball…He’s up though. It looked terrible at first sight but the shoulder is okay, the knee is okay, looks like Nathan is okay. Oh, that’s gonna be a bruise and a half tomorrow,” the commentator said on Nathan Ellis injury.
