A young Perth cricketer bashed with a brick outside a nightclub in Leeds in England might not be able to fly home for several months because severe head injuries that have left him unable to talk.
Chris Thomson, 26, suffered a fractured skull when he was attacked early on Monday. 
A man hit him in the face with a brick and he fell backwards and struck his head heavily on the footpath. His attacker left in taxi.
Thomson, who made his A-grade debut for WACA club Mt Lawley at the end of the summer, was playing for Clayton West in West Yorkshire.
Thomson’s mother Jeannette went to England on Wednesday and was greeted with the news that her son was out of intensive care.
Source www.thewest.com.au
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