Guy Whittall, the former Zimbabwe allrounder, was injured by a leopard earlier this week and required surgery to wounds sustained on his head and his hand. The 51-year-old is said to be in stable condition.
Whittal, who played 46 Tests and 147 ODIs for Zimbabwe between 1993 and 2003, now runs a safari business with his family in Humani. According to a post by his wife, Hannah Whittal, on Facebook, the injury happened on Tuesday following which he was airlifted to Harare for treatment.
Whittall has previous with close encounters like this. A little over 10 years ago, an eight-foot, 165kg Nile crocodile had made its way from the river into his bedroom at his Humani game reserve and spent the night there.
