Phillip Hughes has passed away at the age of 25

[BunniesMan]

Shit, sounds awful - was he not wearing a helmet?

He was, that's the scary thing. Nothing is full proof.

 

[lockyno1]

Hope he is okay but tht was the worst way to play a short ball ever!

 

[Twatface Magee]

Hope he is okay but tht was the worst way to play a short ball ever!

Now's not the time....

 

[The Charlatan]

Yep, never anything personal against Hughes, he's a nice enough fella.
Really hoping he's ok and young Abbott and the rest of the guys who saw it are ok too.

Yeah that's true too, hope Abbott is alright as well. I'm sure he never intended to injure him.

 

[aqua_duck]

It's kind of scary when you think about it, he was wearing a helmet and Abbott is hardly express pace

 

[Twizzle]

Abbott is 135+, he's no Shane Watson

 

[BunniesMan]

Play has been abandoned for the day.

 

[Twatface Magee]

We have just been advised that play has been abandoned for the day. No further news yet on Phillip Hughes welfare.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Considering what has happened, any chance of closing this thread and starting another instead?

 

[Twatface Magee]

Considering what has happened, any chance of closing this thread and starting another instead?

x2

 

[El Diablo]

why would this thread need closing?

nothing stopping you from starting another

 

[Twatface Magee]

why would this thread need closing?

Out of respect.

 

[Twizzle]

sorted

 

[Alpha]

Fox Sports now saying he was hit in the heart and had a heart attack. Serious condition

 

[El Diablo]

Out of respect.

wtf

would achieve no such thing

 

[lockyno1]

Oh please respect for what exactly? Everyone hopes he is okay but the the read is fine

 

[Twizzle]

It was on a live feed so it shouldn't be too hard to see where he was hit

 

[Danish]

Fox Sports now saying he was hit in the heart and had a heart attack. Serious condition

The way he collapsed looked like a heart attack or stroke rather than a KO. My initial thought was an aneurysm to be honest.

I don't know that getting hit in the chest can just bring on a heart attack though. May well have been a heart attack but I can't imagine that being hit by a cricket ball would be what caused it if thats the case

:edit: Shows why I'm not a doctor. Apparently blunt force trauma to the chest can bring on cardiac arrest through a cardiac contusion (basically your heart gets damaged from a blow, then fails). Seen usually in car crash victims or people falling from a great height onto their chest.

 

[madunit]

I've seen something like this in club cricket before.

A batsmen hit above the heart from a bouncer, caused his heart to temporarily stop.

he came round and was okay about an hour or so later, but it was pretty hairy.

 

[BunniesMan]

Other reports say neck:

Phil Hughes : @NSWAmbulance source: "he's been hit in neck. he has a strong pulse but was not responsive. Dr&paramedics treating in chopper"

https://twitter.com/JasonMorrisonAU/status/537100854336028672