Prayers For Phil Hughes

Saw this at 5:30 this morning, was a shock to find out he'd passed away. No-one deserves to have this happen to them, especially when they are playing a game as a colleague of mine was saying this morning when we spoke about it.

I hope the bowler gets the support he needs to get through this. Got to hope he doesn't, and isn't allowed to, blame himself. This was a freak accident and the consequences are so shocking.

RIP Phil. :(
 
absolutely stunned, serious injuries in Cricket are so rare I never imagined a top pro would be killed playing the game. Thoughts are obviously with his family and the poor guy who bowled that delivery I'm not sure I'd be able to get over it and deliver a full pace bouncer ever again.

Gone far to young RIP
 
As a boxing fan, you see serious injuries on a relatively regular basis. The incidents are still shocking, but the possibility crosses your mind every time you see a brutal knockout.

As a cricket fan, you don't expect it. This Phil Hughes incident has been particularly shocking to me, and more upsetting than serious injuries I've experienced of other sportsmen.

I've just read Paul Hayward's comment piece in the Telegraph, and it touches on this aspect;
In other sports, dire risk is a daily companion. Boxing is never far from the reality that organised violence exposes the protagonists not only to long-term damage but the chance that a single punch delivered to the wrong place at the wrong time can kill. In F1, miscalculation or misfortune can extinguish a life in seconds. Jockeys and equestrian riders know from hard experience that being fired into the ground head first can cause fatal injuries to brain and spine, as can a pile of bodies in rugby.

Knowing these dangers prepares the sport, subconsciously, for terrible losses. Cricket, though, has tended to regard blows to the head and face as good macho jousting. Not because the sport lacks compassion. Far from it. The joshing is possible because no-one was ever killed. Thus the trickle of blood from Ricky Ponting’s cheek at Lord’s was a defining image of Ashes enmity: a source of excitement – rejoicing, even – for the crowd. Mike Gatting’s panda face was a semi-comic diagram of how good quick bowling could rearrange even the most skilful batsman’s features.

Hughes’ death turns all of this upside down.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cr...et-again-may-take-years-to-reach-its-end.html

He's right that this might change how we view cricket, and fast bowling in particular.
 
I'm not a cricket fan by any means but I live and breathe sport and this is tragic. Feel so sorry for the bowler as well, hope he can get through this and get back to playing.

R.I.P Phil :(
 
Totally freak accident. Nothing in cricket needs to change. Just feel terrible for his family and the bowler. I was a reasonably quick bowler and played at a pretty high level, but I know for sure if that happened to me I could never bowl another bouncer again and I would have had to finish.

RIP Phil Hughes.
 
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