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Revealed: Lime Bike user who smashed taxi's back window with his HEAD is pro cricketer who went on to play the game of his life

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Lawley, S. (2026, September 19). Revealed: Lime Bike user who smashed taxi's back window with his HEAD is pro cricketer who went on to play the game of his life. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16144353/Lime-Bike-user-smashed-taxis-window-HEAD-pro-cricketer-went-play-game-life.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-19 · by Sam Lawley

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Luke Hollman, a professional cricketer for Middlesex, accidentally crashed into a taxi's back window while using a Lime Bike in London, causing him significant injury including a noticeable head wound. Despite the severity of the accident and blood on his face, Hollman was back playing cricket just weeks later, scoring 83 not out in a crucial match against Durham in the MetroBank One Day Cup semi-final. The article highlights how Hollman’s quick recovery allowed him to participate in an important game shortly after the incident, demonstrating resilience and dedication to his sport.
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Luke Hollman, a professional cricketer for Middlesex, had a near-fatal accident on Euston Road, London in late June when his Lime Bike crashed into a taxi's back window after another cyclist suddenly dismounted. The incident left him with a scar resembling Harry Potter’s lightning bolt mark and was widely shared online. Despite the severity of the crash, Hollman returned to cricket within weeks, scoring 83 not out in a crucial One Day Cup semi-final match against Durham just days before his recovery photos were released. Prior to the accident, he had already demonstrated strong performance by scoring 40 runs and taking 3 wickets against Essex. The cricketer’s quick return to the sport highlights his resilience following such a significant injury.

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A Lime Bike user who smashed a taxi's back window with his head is a pro cricketer who went on to play the game of his life. Luke Hollman's crash on the streets of central London went viral last month, and left him with a Harry Potter-esque scar on his forehead. The clip sees one cyclist suddenly dismounting at the kerb, forcing a black cab to stop quickly.
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🔮 A Lime Bike user who smashed a taxi's back window with his head, pictured, is a pro cricketer who went on to play the game of his life Luke Hollman, pictured with a scar on his forehead from the crash, went on to score runs and take wickets in a crucial One Day Cup semi-final just weeks later The day before the incident on London's Euston Road, Mr Hollman had smashed 40 runs and taken three wickets in a memorable all-round display to beat Essex. But hours later, as he lay in a heap on one of the busiest streets in the capital, he might have expected his fruitful season to be over.

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A Lime Bike user who smashed a taxi's back window with his head is a pro cricketer who went on to play the game of his life. Luke Hollman's crash on the streets of central London went viral last month, and left him with a Harry Potter-esque scar on his forehead. The clip sees one cyclist suddenly dismounting at the kerb, forcing a black cab to stop quickly. asserted
cyclist → see → cab
A split second later, a second cyclist - Mr Hollman - goes flying through the taxi's window without a helmet after being unsighted and failing to react in time. asserted
cyclist → go → time
He can be seen picking himself up and stumbling towards the pavement - before the camera pans to show a passerby putting a hand over her mouth in astonishment. asserted
passerby → see → astonishment
For an accident that left Mr Hollman with blood all over his face and bystanders scrambling to see if the Lime Bike user was OK, the cyclist recovered remarkably quickly. asserted
cyclist → leave → face
Indeed, less than four weeks later, he was playing a starring role, scoring 83 not out in Middlesex's triumph over Ben Stokes's Durham in the semi-final of the MetroBank One Day Cup. asserted
he → play → Cup
The crash victim has now been pictured for the first time - just one day before he aims to go one step further and help his boyhood county to a win in their first One Day Cup final since 1990, against Leicestershire on Sunday. asserted
he → picture → Sunday
A Lime Bike user who smashed a taxi's back window with his head, pictured, is a pro cricketer who went on to play the game of his life Luke Hollman, pictured with a scar on his forehead from the crash, went on to score runs and take wickets in a crucial One Day Cup semi-final just weeks later The day before the incident on London's Euston Road, Mr Hollman had smashed 40 runs and taken three wickets in a memorable all-round display to beat Essex. But hours later, as he lay in a heap on one of the busiest streets in the capital, he might have expected his fruitful season to be over. uncertain
season → smash → capital
The cricketer had been heading from his home in Queen's Park to King's Cross to meet two friends on a day off. asserted
cricketer → head → day
He described how it took him some moments to recognise the severity of the crash, which could have been even worse had he been travelling faster. uncertain
he → describe → crash
'I put my hand to my head and realised there was a bit of blood, so thought I would park the bike, look at my face in my phone camera and tell the guys I'm meeting I might be a bit late,' he told the Telegraph. uncertain
he → put → Telegraph
'I put my hand down again and there was a huge stream of blood. asserted
I → put → blood
A couple of members of the public looked after me, luckily one had an emergency first-aid pack, so football style had my head wrapped. asserted
head → look → pack
Even as he sat in a hospital bed after the first cyclist called an ambulance, Mr Hollman thought that everyone was overreacting - and called his team's physio to declare his availability for a match against Hampshire two days later. asserted
everyone → sit → Hampshire
For an accident that left Mr Hollman with blood all over his face and bystanders scrambling to see if the Lime Bike user was okay, the cyclist recovered remarkably quickly asserted
cyclist → leave → face
The cricketer, in fact, had a five-inch laceration running down his forehead with part of his skull exposed, and he needed to have 35 stitches, three layers deep, to fix up the nasty wound. asserted
he → have → wound
A concussion ruled him out of action for the following weeks, but a CT scan thankfully ruled out any skull fracture. asserted
scan → rule → fracture
Mr Hollman was back in training just 17 days later, with Middlesex keeping the details surrounding his absence a secret. asserted
Middlesex → keep → absence
Once a regular helmetless user of London's oft spotted Lime Bikes, the sportsman now makes sure he covers his head and advises others to do the same. asserted
he → spot → same
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