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The Mudgee District Cricket Association and the wider Western Zone cricketing community is in mourning following the tragic passing of young all-rounder Cameron Cox.
Cox, 22, was struck by lightning while attending livestock during a freak storm on his family’s Moolarben Road property at Moolarben on Tuesday afternoon.
Mitchell Cricket Council (MCC) president Mark Frecklington was in shock after hearing the news.
“You just never think something like that is going to happen, do you?” Frecklington said.
“I understand he was the captain of Mudgee’s open side this year, such was his standing in the area. I umpired him a fair bit, he was just a great kid, well respected.”
MCC honorary secretary Matt Tabbernor released the following statement on the Western Zone Facebook page on Wednesday morning.
“It is with great sadness that I advise the passing of Cameron Cox yesterday in Mudgee,” Tabbernor wrote.
“Cameron played his cricket in Mudgee and represented Mitchell in the junior age groups.
“He was also part of the Central West Wranglers side in the Plan B Regional Bash competition.
“(Our) condolences and thoughts go to his family and girlfriend at this time. RIP Cameron.”
Cox played junior representative cricket throughout all of the Mitchell Cricket Council’s youth sides, captaining Mudgee’s colts team and playing open representative cricket as well.
He was named in the first Central West Wranglers outfit that played in the inaugural Plan B Regional Bash in 2015.
In one of the more memorable innings by a batsmen in the zone, Cox belted 12 fours and 10 sixes in his knock of 192 to lead Mudgee to the MCC under 21s grand final in 2014.
It was an innings that stood out for Frecklington.
“I wasn’t umpiring but I was there, and Cameron blasted the ball everywhere. That innings sticks in my mind,” Frecklington added.
He was a fixture on the MDCA and Gulgong first grade cricket scene, playing for Goolma, Lawson Park, Mudgee Golf Club, Paragon, Wolfpack and Federal Hotel Cricket Clubs, captaining a number of sides.