A cricketer who survived a cardiac arrest has hailed the woman who helped keep him alive with CPR as “a real angel” after they reunited on the pitch where he collapsed.
Muhammad Akhtar Hussain, 40, from Luton, was feeling unwell with shoulder pain while playing for Bushey Cricket Club at the Chipperfield Clarendon Cricket Club in Hertfordshire on 3 May 2025.
During a break, the bowler collapsed, and nearby Laura Anderson gave him CPR for 29 minutes until paramedics arrived.
The pair reunited on the same pitch about a year later, where Hussain said he got “very emotional” and Anderson said she would “cherish forever” the hug they shared.