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Phil Hughes, Australian Cricketer RIP

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  • cafc4life
    cafc4life Posts: 4,632
    Absolutely awful news . Made me feel so sad. RIP
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,789
    There are only a hundred known cases of someone being killed as a result of being hit on that artery at the back of the neck. And Phil is only the second cricketer to die in those circumstances.

    More players have died as a result of being hit under the heart in the field which rather sums up the freakish nature of the incident.

    Helmets might now, however, have more protection added at the back because human reaction, especially at short leg, is to turn your head.
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    Very sad news. Did't realize he was only 25.
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,071
    Really sad news to wake up to. RIP Phil.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,789
    1StevieG said:

    Very sad news. Did't realize he was only 25.

    He would have been 26 on Sunday which will only serve to add to the family's grief - if that's possible.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    He was 63 not out, that's how it'll always be in the books.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,147
    RIP


    So sad
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    Terrible news, so sad. RIP Phil.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,018
    Blimey, what with the advances of medical science, I guess I had assumed he would pull through despite the seriousness of his injury. Was shocked when I heard the news this morning.

    I cant stop thinking about Sean Abbot. How on earth do you reconcile something like that? Cant begin to imagine how he must be feeling.

    Such a tragedy for Phil Hughes and the game of cricket.
  • Big_Bad_World
    Big_Bad_World Posts: 5,859
    Very sad news and can only echo the sentiments on this thread already.

    RIP Hughes.
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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    Awful news, RIP.

    Feel terribly sorry for Sean Abbott too, he'll be thinking and rethinking the decision he made to bowl what is a completely normal ball and what's happened as a result, can't begin to imagine how heavily that will weigh on him.
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Terrible news, so sad. R.I.P. Phil
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Terrible.

    RIP
  • Amos on the wing
    Amos on the wing Posts: 1,802
    Such sad news. RIP
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    Very sad. My thoughts and prayers are with his family
  • WSA
    WSA Posts: 1,913
    Awful news.

    RIP
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    A real shame, will no doubt save others from this freak accident, by raising awareness and bring forward compulsory changes in equipment

    Rip Hughsey
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    Tragic news for everyone involved. RIP
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
    Hadn't really been following this then heard this morning he had died.

    Tragic

  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Terrible news - RIP
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  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,245
    Very sad. I had been thinking quite a bit about this and how awful the bowler would be feeling. 63 not out rest in peace hughesy thoughts with the poor guys family
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Very sad news.

    A complete freak accident, but a reminder to cricketers that the short ball isn't something to be treated lightly. A whole generation has grown up with protective equipment, and assumed that they were totally safe even if they were hit.
  • Addickforlife
    Addickforlife Posts: 2,101
    Horrendous news, RIP Phil, and thoughts to Sean Abbott as well, I hope he gets all the help he needs.

    25, playing the sport he loved. Truly tragic.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    A glorious life, but ended far, far too early. RIP Philip Hughes.

    Echo @Carter sentiments about the bowler. What a weight on that poor guy's shoulders.

    Hope that, in years to come, his loved ones will take comfort from the fact that he died playing the sport he loved.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Terribly tragic news. Rip young man. Thoughts go out to his family. My thoughts are also with the young bowler whose life will never be the same
  • Indigo Joe
    Indigo Joe Posts: 551
    A shocker, nobody would expect something like this to happen but just goes to show that protective clothing only does so much.

    RIP poor guy.
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    Just awful news RIP Phil my thoughts are with family and friends
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Feel awful. Thoughts are with Phil Hughes' family and Abbott and his family.

    Genuinely devastated, like johnboy, i thought he would pull through having seen sportsman such as fabrice muamba and michael schumacher come back from the brink. The damage was just too much. Tragic.
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,735
    Awful. Absolutely awful.

    Thoughts with his fellow players, friends and family. Also, thoughts for the bowler who must not know what to do with himself at the moment.

    Phil Hughes, 63 not out, RIP.

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