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Teenage cricketer tragically dies after being hit by ball as Kevin Pietersen leads tributes

Ben Austin, a promising 17-year-old cricketer from Melbourne, has died after being struck by a ball during a nets session at Ferntree Gully Cricket Club in the city

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