| Phil Hughes on 13:29 - Nov 25 with 1431 views | dickythorpe |
Fingers crossed. Extremely rare that someone is hurt this badly in cricket. |  | |  |
| Phil Hughes on 13:34 - Nov 25 with 1420 views | CountyJim |
| Phil Hughes on 13:29 - Nov 25 by dickythorpe |
Fingers crossed. Extremely rare that someone is hurt this badly in cricket. |
They take their eye off the ball these days when they played without helmets you followed the ball and it was rare to get hit these days its not so rare |  | | |
| Phil Hughes on 13:35 - Nov 25 with 1419 views | Ponderosa |
Very sad to see. Hope he makes a full recovery. Makes Stuart Broads injury in the Summer that more fortunate |  |
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| Phil Hughes on 14:04 - Nov 25 with 1389 views | orion3016 |
Been following this story all morning, let's hope he makes a full recovery.nnext 24-48 hours crucial |  |
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| Phil Hughes on 05:34 - Nov 27 with 1303 views | SwansNZ |
Very sad news, Phil Hughes has died.
RIP |  |
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| Phil Hughes on 06:16 - Nov 27 with 1284 views | dameedna |
RIP fella
sad day |  | | |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 06:22 - Nov 27 with 1278 views | CountyJim |
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| Phil Hughes on 06:28 - Nov 27 with 1273 views | CountyJim |
Thoughts also with Sean Abbott he must be in turmoil poor lad | | | |
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| Phil Hughes on 06:31 - Nov 27 with 1268 views | epaul |
Shocking news waking up to this this morning RIP PHil Hughes |  |
| The hair and the beard have gone I am now conforming to society, tis a sad day
The b*stards are coming back though |
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| Phil Hughes on 07:20 - Nov 27 with 1236 views | Phil_S |
Such a sad and tragic day for cricket
RIP |  | | |
| Phil Hughes on 07:25 - Nov 27 with 1229 views | max936 |
Tragic news.
RIP Phil Hughes. |  |
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| Phil Hughes on 07:38 - Nov 27 with 1209 views | Ponderosa |
Very sad. Don't half feel sorry for the bowler too
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| Phil Hughes on 07:47 - Nov 27 with 1201 views | orion3016 |
Rip Phil Hughes | |
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| Phil Hughes on 07:50 - Nov 27 with 1199 views | QuakerJack |
RIP Phil Hughes, absolutely awful. A freak occurrence that had such a tragic consequence... Thoughts are with his family but also the bowler, he must be distraught. |  |
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| Phil Hughes on 08:13 - Nov 27 with 1166 views | Parlay |
Ive watched him play a few times over the past couple of years and have fond memories of my first taste of Big Bash cricket at the Adelaide oval with him batting for the Strikers. He was a very promising batsman and will be a big blow to Aussie cricket. Awfully sad news indeed. RIP Phil. |  |
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| Phil Hughes on 09:05 - Nov 27 with 1126 views | dickythorpe |
I can't believe it. RIP
Some heartfelt tributes coming in for Phil. I hope all get the support they need plus Sean Abbott. He must be in pieces. | | | |
| Phil Hughes on 09:18 - Nov 27 with 1109 views | WarwickHunt |
Awful, awful news. Tragic.
Feel for Sean Abbott too, he must be mortified. Doubt if he'll ever bowl another ball in anger.
Jim's right - helmets give you a false sense of security. Players wouldn't contemplate half these hook shots without them. It always used to be the rib balls that hurt, the really short stuff was avoidable if you were coached to watch the ball and duck or swerve out of the way. |  | | |
| Phil Hughes on 09:26 - Nov 27 with 1091 views | perchrockjack |
similar thoughts here.
Makes you wonder how its not happened before given the hostility and uncovered pitches of yore.
Larwood Lillee Andy Roberts and Frank Tyson were pretty lethal but as has been mentioned before the fact there were no helmets nor little other real protection made them develop technique to cope.
A shattering tragedy which will be long remembered and thoughts with his family |  |
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| Phil Hughes on 09:33 - Nov 27 with 1076 views | lifelong |
Dreadful news, a very sad day for cricket.
R.I.P. |  | | |
| Phil Hughes on 10:05 - Nov 27 with 1040 views | Ponderosa |
I hope the support network is there for Sean Abbott as much as it is for the family of Phil Hughes. As Warwick said, I doubt he'd be able to bowl again. | |
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| Phil Hughes on 10:17 - Nov 27 with 1019 views | LeonisGod |
| Phil Hughes on 09:18 - Nov 27 by WarwickHunt |
Awful, awful news. Tragic.
Feel for Sean Abbott too, he must be mortified. Doubt if he'll ever bowl another ball in anger.
Jim's right - helmets give you a false sense of security. Players wouldn't contemplate half these hook shots without them. It always used to be the rib balls that hurt, the really short stuff was avoidable if you were coached to watch the ball and duck or swerve out of the way. |
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that there's been an increase in accidents on ski slopes since helmets became common place - so the false sense of security argument makes sense.
RIP buddy - a sad day for cricket. |  | | |
| Phil Hughes on 10:44 - Nov 27 with 990 views | perchrockjack |
Peter Lever was on this morning and more or less said what warwick did. He ll have a lot to think of will young Abbott and I hope he carries on | |
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| Phil Hughes on 11:45 - Nov 27 with 952 views | jacksinceever |
RIP
Puts all the "seriousness" afforded to sport in perspective.
Awful, freaky, way to die
Terrible for everyone involved [Post edited 27 Nov 2014 11:47]
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| Phil Hughes on 12:02 - Nov 27 with 937 views | Ponderosa |
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| Phil Hughes on 13:47 - Nov 27 with 891 views | Clinton |
Its tragic that this young man is cut down in his prime. With that ball flying around, though it was bound to happen some time, and it will happen again. Given the dangers of cricket, its surprising such tragedies are so infrequent
Also I feel for the guy who bowled the ball. This incident will haunt him for the rest of his life. |  |
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