In a strange but sad coincidence, an umpire and ex-captain of Israel’s national cricket team was struck by a cricket ball while he was performing his duties and died overnight as per reports coming from Israel’s National Cricket Association. The shocking incident comes just a few days after the death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, who was severely injured by a bouncer while playing a match for South Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The 55-year-old cricket umpire going by the name of Hillel Oscar was hit, when a batsman’s powerful strike ricocheted off the stumps in front of him and struck his chest. Oscar was umpiring in Saturday’s last game of the National League Season at the Ben Gurion Park in the port city of Ashdod, where the incident occurred. All attempts to revive him on the ground failed and he was pronounced