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A former top class cricketeer has cheated death again after being attacked by leopard – years after he woke to find an eight foot long crocodile hiding under her bed. Zimbabwean all rounder

Guy Whittall, 51, needed emergency surgery after being badly mauled by the big cat while out with his trusted dog Chikara, who was also bitten as he tired to save him.

Guy - best remembered for his unbeaten 1997 double century of 203 not out against New Zealand - was attacked while trekking through the conservancy he runs at Humani, Zimbabwe.

He runs the safari business - based at the junction of the Turgwe and Save rivers in the south eats of the country - with his father Guy and where he woke one morning to find a sleeping crocodile under his bed.

Guy's wife posted dramatic images of the latest attack on social media, showing Guy being treated in the bush by medics with bandages on his head, before he was airlifted to Milton Park Hospital in the capital Harare.

Hannah Stooks-Whittall added he had 'lost a lot of blood' but was saved by 'faithful K9 Chikara' who 'was mauled by the leopard getting the cat of Guy'.

A later picture showed Guy in hospital giving a thumbs up with his head and hands still bandaged and Hannah wrote he had 'come out of theatre' with his wounds 'cleaned and restitched'.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Hannah said: 'He really is one lucky man, first he had the crocodile and now the leopard, he really is the cat with nine lives.

'He was so fortunate that Chikara was there to help him and get the leopard off him otherwise who knows how it might have ended.

'We are so grateful to him, and Chikara going to get some extra chicken as a treat. He's got to see the vet as he has a few scratches and but he should be ok, he's in better shape than Guy.

'Fortunately,

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