Grade Cricketer host Ian Higgins discharged after South Africa hospitalization
The podcast co-host was hospitalized with severe gastroenteritis but discharged within hours.
Ian Higgins co-hosts Australia's top-ranked sports podcast, The Grade Cricketer. Higgins was rushed to hospital in Cape Town on Thursday with severe viral gastroenteritis.
Paramedics came to Newlands cricket ground, where he was reporting on Australia's third Test against South Africa. Higgins needed an ambulance ride to the hospital.
Doctors treated him at Kingsway Hospital. He went home the same evening, feeling better.
The podcast has 361,000 YouTube subscribers. The podcast cancelled Friday's daily review after the emergency.
Higgins and co-host Sam Perry had been recording coverage from South Africa during the series-deciding Test.
- 361,000
- YouTube subscribers
- Australia's No. 1-ranked sports podcast
- Spotify ranking
- Kingsway Hospital, Cape Town
- Hospital location
- Severe viral gastroenteritis
- Illness type
Why it mattersHealth crises can disrupt major sporting coverage and live reporting. But swift hospital care prevented serious harm in this case.
AustraliaThe Grade Cricketer's fans missed Friday's daily review, though the podcast is expected to resume coverage as Australia chases a historic Test series win.
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