Former Zimbabwe all-rounder Whittall hospitalised following leopard attack

Guy Whittall
Whittall played 46 Tests and 147 ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1993 and 2003. File photo: AFP/Alexander Joe

Former Zimbabwe all-rounder Guy Whittall was hospitalised after miraculously surviving a leopard attack earlier this week. Whittall was out on a walk with his dog at a conservancy he owns in Zimbabwe.

According to a post by his wife, Hannah Whittall, on Facebook, the injury happened on Tuesday following which he was airlifted to Harare for treatment.

Whittall played 46 Tests and 147 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for Zimbabwe between 1993 and 2003 and amassed 4,912 in both formats. The 51-year-old claimed 51 wickets in Tests and another 88 in ODIs.

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