Net bowler rushed to hospital after training accident with Warner

A net bowler has been rushed to hospital after copping a ball in the head from David Warner.

Australia's David Warner looks on as an injured net bowler receives medical attention during a training session at The Oval in London.

David Warner has been “shaken up” after he crunched a drive straight into a net bowler’s head that left the local lad in hospital with suspected concussion.

Captain Aaron Finch said the frightening incident, which stopped Australia’s training session at London’s The Oval for 20 minutes on Saturday, was “tough to watch”.

Warner looked visibly rattled after the incident. He sat to the side for five minutes when training resumed before returning to the same net for one final hit.

Warner, standing right, calls for help after hitting a net bowler on his head.

Players and Cricket Australia support staff watched on from 15m away as the local bowler was attended to by CA medicos and local paramedics for 12 minutes on the turf.

The bowler was then loaded on to a stretcher and taken to hospital. The ICC said he was conscious and smiling as he left the ground.

“Dave was obviously pretty shaken up,” captain Aaron Finch said.

“The young guy seems to be in pretty good spirits, he’s obviously been taken off to hospital and will continue to be assessed just to make sure that everything’s OK.

“Dave was pretty shaken up, no doubt. It was a decent hit to the head, so hopefully everything keeps going well for the youngster and he’s back up and running shortly.”

The bowler underwent a CT scan, which came back all clear. He will be monitored for delayed concussion, however signs are positive.

The bowler told CA doctor Richard Saw that he is feeling much better.

Warner and Finch, meanwhile, will open the batting against India..

Warner was on the field when Phillip Hughes suffered a fatal blow to the head in 2014. He was one of the players most distressed by that horrific incident.

Finch was unsure whether net safety needed to be improved around the world although said net bowlers wearing helmets “could be a decent idea”.

ICC officials requested some photographers stop taking photos of the scene.

The same group of local net bowlers, dressed in orange t-shirts with purple shorts which distinguished them from CA, continued to bowl at the Aussies.