Others retrieved a defibrillator from the clubhouse, which delivered four shocks before the player\u2019s heartbeat was restored, Harvey said.<\/p>\n
The combined efforts helped the player regain consciousness before emergency services arrived.<\/p>\n
The rescue helicopter was returning from a nearby job and landed about 15 minutes after the incident, Harvey said.<\/p>\n
He said the player was flown to Christchurch Hospital, where he underwent surgery to insert two stents to treat blocked arteries.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what we\u2019ve heard, he is doing well and should be coming home on Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hato Hone St John said it was notified at 2.46pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur ambulance staff treated one patient and transported them to Christchurch Public Hospital by helicopter in a critical condition,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The match was abandoned, with players left \u201cupset\u201d by what they had witnessed.<\/p>\n
Other matches at the sports ground were temporarily disrupted as players and spectators joined the emergency response, but resumed after the rescue helicopter departed.<\/p>\n
Harvey said the incident showed the importance of defibrillators at community sporting venues.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople didn\u2019t hesitate. They just kind of jumped in. Everyone just tried their best, and this time … it was a good outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n
He encouraged sports clubs to ensure defibrillators were available. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf an incident like this does happen, then having a defibrillator there significantly increases the chances of people surviving.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swannanoa Cricket Club declined to comment. <\/p>\n
Rafaella Melo is a multimedia journalist with more than 10 years\u2019 experience in Brazil. She spent two years reporting for Hawke\u2019s Bay Today before joining the NZ Herald\u2019s Christchurch team in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Others retrieved a defibrillator from the clubhouse, which delivered four shocks before the player\u2019s heartbeat was restored, Harvey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,95,14466,1975,218683,8126,68619,42503,47954,66405,223074,97309,3011,22220,296,10543,111,43,139,69,51797,31783,72231,145402,33140,13797],"class_list":["post-648437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-and","tag-arrest","tag-at","tag-batsman","tag-canterbury","tag-cardiac","tag-collapsed","tag-cpr","tag-cricketer","tag-cricketers","tag-defibrillator","tag-four","tag-going","tag-into","tag-match","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-performed","tag-revive","tag-shocks","tag-spectators","tag-survives","tag-used"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}