Breaking : Phil Hughes passes away .. Sad day for Cricket

[vishalvirsingh]

It was a Major Accident - Rarest of the rare. Hope Abbot comes out of the tension he may be facing. May be the Test match also gets delayed.

[BlueBee]

when i heard he was critical even today' date=' i kinda knew it in the back of my head that this will happen but was hoping against hope that hell pull through. an amazing guy.[/quote'] Same here damn :((

[Lord]

Sean Abott.feel for him

[Precambrian]

And hence my point stands even more. Indian domestic teams don't have "excellent treatment" on the ground. This is NOT either/or - the focus should be on both mitigating risk and tackling when such situations happen.

Sir, no grounds in the world are equipped to deal with extremely rare, freak cases like these. Hughes was lucky (for a limited time :( ) because there was someone in the crowd who came forward to help. The probability of such incidents happening are extremely rare. The onus should be on designing better helmets that cover the prone area rather than having a team of specialist doctors on stand-by for all cricket matches that happen the world over.

[Precambrian]

Sean Abott.feel for him

Really feel for him.

[beetle]

RIP Phil Hughes. Mods Can you please put this banner?

+1

[beetle]

Poor Sean Abott:((

[Desi Cartman]

Dont think first test will be played now.

When was/is it supposed to start ?

[Sid_SuhaiL]

When was/is it supposed to start ?

4 december

[Desi Cartman]

4 december

Neither do I care for the test nor would be affected if it's cancelled but if I were one of the Aussie players, I would probably want to go out and play for Phil. Maybe I'm not aware of how bad his colleagues and friends are feeling right now :((

[rkt.india]

When was/is it supposed to start ?

Dec 4.

[CoverDrive]

RIP Phil

[Raghav_12]

I was dreading this news when I logged into Internet. When I heard induced coma, I thought at worst he'll go through some paralysis which can be cured. But this is devastating, just to think.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

I doubt the test will be cancelled.May be delayed by a day.

[tweaker]

May his soul rest in peace.

[IKnowU]

I doubt the test will be cancelled.May be delayed by a day.

Yep, they have to draw the line somewhere. If they cancel 1st test, they might as well cancel the whole series to mourn and recover. Only thing is with these things, the funerals are usually a week after in western cultures....so that might throw spanner into the works.

[Precambrian]

I doubt the test will be cancelled.May be delayed by a day.

Just need to salute the courage and mental strength of Tendulkar who returned to national duty immediately after his father's cremation. Cannot believe what must have gone through his mind at that time. Not everyone be that mentally strong, and understandably. I think the wise decision will be to cancel the first test match.

[tweaker]

+1

RIP Phil Hughes. Mods Can you please put this banner?

+1

[rkt.india]

Yep, they have to draw the line somewhere. If they cancel 1st test, they might as well cancel the whole series to mourn and recover. Only thing is with these things, the funerals are usually a week after in western cultures....so that might throw spanner into the works.

You can understand the effect of the blow that whole Shield round was cancelled even before this news.

[tweaker]

Sean Abott.feel for him

poor Sean Abbot,he may never be able to bowl bouncer again