Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell in coma after suffering heart attack

Netherlands coach and former Australia cricketer Ryan Campbell got admitted to a hospital after suffering a heart attack in the UK while being with his children for leisure in a playground. It is to be noted that the 50-year-old went through the trauma on the 16th of April while enjoying the weekend with his children. The news first came to the fore when Australian journalist and Campbell’s close friend Gareth Parker tweeted about the matter.

Campbell has been the coach of the Netherlands team since 2017. He was returning to Europe after the Netherlands’ tour of New Zealand and during his visit, he had visited his extended family in Perth and close friends including Parker. He has played for both Australia and Hong Kong at the highest level. While he donned the Australian jersey in two ODIs in 2002 due to the absence of regular wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, he featured for Hong Kong in the 2016 T20 World Cup, aged 44 years.

WA Cricket is in shock to hear of Ryan Campbell’s medical emergency: WA CEO Christina Matthews

“WA Cricket is in shock to hear of Ryan’s medical emergency after suffering a major heart attack over the long weekend. On behalf of all WA Cricket staff, players, and the wider cricket community, I would like to pass on our heartfelt thoughts to Ryan, his wife Leontina, and their family at this time. We know he is in the best care, and hope he pulls through and is able to make a full and speedy recovery,” said WA Cricket CEO Christina Matthews as quoted by Cricbuzz.

Talking of Campbell’s glorious first-class career, he starred for Western Australia between 1994 and 2006 while playing 98 games for them. He slammed 6009 runs at an average of 36.31. He has also played 105 List A and five T20 games while collecting 2286 and 92 runs respectively with a single ton in List A cricket.