{"id":8588,"date":"2025-01-03T18:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T12:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=550220"},"modified":"2026-01-31T18:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:12:10","slug":"bbl-update-nasty-collision-leaves-sams-and-bancroft-concussed-but-conscious-and-talking-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/bbl-update-nasty-collision-leaves-sams-and-bancroft-concussed-but-conscious-and-talking-in-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"BBL Update: Nasty collision leaves Sams and Bancroft concussed but conscious and talking in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the <strong>nasty collision<\/strong> during the <strong>Big Bash League (BBL)<\/strong> match between <strong>Sydney Thunder<\/strong> and <strong>Perth Scorchers<\/strong>, both <strong>Daniel Sams<\/strong> and <strong>Cameron Bancroft<\/strong> have been confirmed as <strong>concussed<\/strong> but are reportedly <strong>conscious and talking<\/strong> as they undergo medical evaluation at the hospital. This news brings relief to fans and players alike, indicating that both players are stable and recovering.<\/p>\n<h4>Current match update:<\/h4>\n<p>The game resumed after the incident, and Sydney Thunder is chasing a target of <strong>178 runs<\/strong>. As of 6 overs, they are at <strong>56\/1<\/strong>, with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matthew Gilkes<\/strong>: 23* (16 balls)<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Warner<\/strong>: 26* (18 balls)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The partnership between Warner and Gilkes stands at <strong>53 runs off 29 balls<\/strong>, providing a solid start to the chase.<\/p>\n<p>While the match continues, the focus remains on the well-being of Sams and Bancroft, with the cricketing community wishing them a swift recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the nasty collision during the Big Bash League (BBL) match between Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers, both Daniel Sams\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":31403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4644,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbl","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43383,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8588\/revisions\/43383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}