CRICKET fans taking in the action as the West Indies batted in their first innings in the second Test match at the Queens Park Oval, yesterday rushed to the assistance of an elderly spectator after he collapsed while viewing the match.

The fan, 68-year-old Michael Hosam of Vista Heights in Tacarigua was rushed to Port-of-Spain General Hospital (POSGH) where he died of a suspected heart attack at about 3 pm.

Reports revealed that at about 2 pm, Hosam was at the BG/Scotia Bank stand at the Oval taking in the West Indies response to the visiting Sri Lankan teams first inning score of 278 all out, when he gasped, cl**tched his chest and collapsed.

His relatives and other spectators who saw him fall, rushed to his aid while others raised an alarm. Both fire and police officers who were on duty at the Oval went to Hosams aid and the unconscious man was placed on a stretcher and taken to an ambulance which whisked him away to the city Hospital.

Doctors used the necessary emergency procedures to revive Hosam but he reportedly suffered another massive heart attack and died at the Casualty Department. Hosams relatives, who were in a state of shock over his sudden death, described him as an avid cricket fan and added that he was in good health yesterday.