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- Updated: December 8, 2016
Umpire Paul Reiffel had to come off the field and was sent to hospital for a scan after a throw from deep square leg hit him on the back of his head during the first day of the Mumbai Test between India and England.
The England medical team looked after the 50-year-old Reiffel in the middle as he collapsed from the blow. Play was held up for 10 to 12 minutes after Reiffel was hit shortly before the scheduled afternoon drinks break. Marais Erasmus, the third umpire, took Reiffel’s place as the on-field umpire.
It helped that there was an understudy for the third umpire: C Shamshuddin, who has …
