Sheridan Raynor’s World Cup debut in the stands was cut short after he collapsed at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday and was taken away by ambulance to the Port of Spain General Hospital.

Sources said the former national team player, a diabetic, was in “stable” condition and expected to be released from hospital after treatment.

The former star all-rounder had been complaining of feeling ill after dining on shrimp the night before Bermuda’s historical match against Sri Lanka at the Oval.

Raynor’s one-time Rangers’ team-mate John Tucker, who witnessed the incident that took place near the player’s pavilion, described the experience as “scary”.

“We thought Sheridan was gone. He was sitting there no more than ten minutes when all of a sudden he just fell back in his chair and his eyes started rolling in his head. It was very scary,” Tucker said.

“We called the medics to come and check him out and they took him to the hospital. But he did mention to me earlier that he wasn’t feeling all that well and that he hadn’t eaten any breakfast.”

At the time of the incident Raynor had been seated among a small group of former local cricketers that included Cal (Bummy) Symonds, Albert Steede, Colin Blades and Dennis Wainwright who each received travel vouchers from Sports Minister Randy Horton to attend the World Cup.

Raynor was the first batsman to score a century representing Bermuda, and only one of a handful of batsmen to surpass 1,000 runs in the Western Counties competition.