Published: Jan 03, 2016, 12:02 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 03, 2016, 02:10 PM (IST)
Young Sussex cricketer Matthew Hobden, who had been earmarked as a future England international, died aged 22 here on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. His County Cricket Club announced his death, but no reason has been officially declared behind his death.
He is believed to have died suddenly while in Scotland. In a statement posted online, the club said: ‘Sussex Cricket is deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Matthew Hobden. He was an exciting young cricketer with a big future ahead of him in the game. He was a fantastic individual who had progressed through Sussex’s youth and academy ranks, having been born locally in Eastbourne.
Hobden made his First-Class debut for Sussex in 2014 and had represented the county across all three formats over the past two seasons. His shock demise saddened many England and international cricketers, who took to Twitter to share their condolences ending with hashtag ‘RIPHobsey’. Here are some of the tweets:
R.I.P Matthew Hobden…horrible news to wake up to,thoughts with the family and everyone at @SussexCCC #cricketfamily
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) January 3, 2016
Such sad news to hear of Matthew Hobden. Thoughts and prayers with friends, family and Sussex CCC.
— Jos Buttler (@josbuttler) January 3, 2016
In shock. Can't get my head around the news. RIP Matt Hobden. Thoughts with his family #riphobsy
— Ed Joyce (@edjoyce24) January 2, 2016
Only knew you a year but your were a machine who was going to the top! Will miss you The good ones go too soon. God knows best #RIPHobsey
— Ajmal Shahzad (@AJShahzad) January 2, 2016
Shocking news to wake up to about Matt Hobdon. Thoughts are with his family, friends & all @SussexCCC at this very difficult and sad time.
— Alec Stewart (@StewieCricket) January 3, 2016
Woke up to the really Sad news of the passing of Matt Hobden … A real talent an taken too early !! Enjoy life an be happy #RIP
— Ryan Sidebottom (@RyanSidebottom) January 3, 2016
So saddened to hear about the death of Matt Hobden, an extremely talented young cricketer at Sussex. All our thoughts are with his family
— Paul Collingwood (@Colly622) January 2, 2016
Devastated to hear the news late last night about Matt! Such a great man & team mate taken far too soon. Gutted. Thoughts with his family.
— Luke Wright (@lukewright204) January 2, 2016
So saddened by the news of Matthew Hobden, thoughts and prays go out to his family and close friends
— Liam plunkett (@Liam628) January 3, 2016
Such tragic news about Matthew Hobden.. Thoughts with his family and friends and all at @SussexCCC
— Simon Jones MBE (@si610) January 2, 2016
Terribly sad news about young Matt Hobden, he was a real talent. Taken far too early. Thoughts to his parents and all the lads at Sussex.
— Andrew Gale (@GaleyLad) January 3, 2016
Very shocked and saddened by the news of Matthew Hobden. Thoughts are with the Hobden family. #RIPMatthew #CricketFamily
— Ravi Bopara (@ravibopara) January 2, 2016
Devastating to hear the loss of Matthew Hobden. Thoughts with family, friends and @SussexCCC #rip #CricketFamily
— Marcus North (@Marcus_North) January 2, 2016
One of those days when u get a call that puts perspective on things. Live life and love everyday as much as you can! So sad! #RIPhobsy
— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13) January 2, 2016
Shocked and saddened to hear the news about Matthew Hobden. Thoughts go to his family and everyone at @SussexCCC #RIP
— Boyd Rankin (@boydrankin) January 2, 2016
We would like to send our condolences to the family & friends of Matthew Hobden, and to everyone at @SussexCCC. Terrible news #cricketfamily
— Yorkshire CCC (@YorkshireCCC) January 2, 2016
Oh my god. Sussex cricketer Matthew Hobden has died suddenly at the age of just 22. What awful awful news.
— Elizabeth Ammon (@legsidelizzy) January 2, 2016
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