Some are 24 years old and many are 26 years old, 10 cricketers whose accidents took their lives, from road to air accidents snatched the star from the world.

Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds tragically passed away on 14 May 2022 at the age of 46 in a road accident near Townsville, Queensland. His car slipped from the road and overturned. Symonds was alone in the car at the time of the accident. Paramedics arrived at the scene and tried to save him, but he was declared dead at the scene.

Afghanistan cricketer Najeeb Tarakai passed away tragically on 6 October 2020 after suffering a serious head injury in a road accident. He was hit by a vehicle while crossing the road in Jalalabad. He was immediately taken to a hospital in Nangarhar, where he underwent surgery while in coma but the doctors could not save his life.

England cricketer Ben Holyoake tragically died on 23 March 2002 in Perth, Australia, when his Porsche 924 car crashed into a wall at the Mill Point Road exit of the Kwinana Freeway. He was returning home from a family function when the accident happened. His age at that time was only 24 years and 132 days.

West Indies cricketer Runako Shakur Morton tragically died in a road accident in Trinidad and Tobago on 4 March 2012. His car lost control near Chaguanas on the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway and crashed into a utility pole.

West Indies cricketer Collie Smith died tragically on 9 September 1959 at the age of 26 due to injuries sustained in a road accident. He was traveling with his teammates Gary Sobers and Tom Dewdney when their car collided with a 10-tonne cattle truck in Staffordshire.

West Indies cricketer Clyde Butts died tragically in a road accident in Guyana. The incident occurred near Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD), where his vehicle (registration number PTT 66) was hit by a lorry.

West Indies cricketer Ezra Moseley tragically passed away at the age of 63 on 6 February 2021 in Christ Church. He was riding a bicycle when a vehicle hit him and he died on the spot. Moseley was the assistant coach of the West Indies when they won the 2016 ICC Women’s World Twenty20.

South African umpire and former cricketer Rudy Koertzen tragically passed away in a road accident near Riversdale, Western Cape on 9 August 2022. He was returning from a golf weekend in Cape Town when the accident happened. He was 73 years old at that time and three other people also died in this accident.

Former South African captain Hansie Cronje died in a plane crash on 1 June 2002. When the Hawkers Siddeley HS 748 turboprop aircraft he was traveling in crashed into Craddock Peak in the Outeniqua Mountains. The pilot’s visibility had ended, due to which this accident occurred.

Bangladesh cricketer Manjurul Islam died tragically in a road accident on 16 March 2007 in Dumuria Upazila, Khulna. At that time Bangladesh cricket team was participating in the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean. The accident happened when his motorcycle collided with a microbus.