Phil Hughes rip

[mancity1]

A wonderful life cut tragically short. As a fellow Aussie this is truly devastating. The youngest player ever to score two hundreds in a test match. A country boy renowned for always having a smile on his face.

In Australia there has been a national outpouring of grief. It feels like the nation is in collective shock and profound mourning.

My thoughts and deepest sympathy are with his family and friends.

Cricket is our national game and always transcended all facets of life and brings people of different backgrounds and creeds etc together.

Its always a sad day when anybody so young leaves us too soon.

Life can be taken away in an instant no matter the circumstances.

We cannot know how and why you just have to make the most of the time you have how ever long that is.

 

[mancity1]

Horrible news to wake up to, although I did half expect it speaking to a few people over there who felt the public was been softened up for bad news.

Hard to imagine that the game in Australia won't change significantly. Intimidation and the need to show courage in the face of intimidation is such a significant part of the game in Australia at all levels. It may not have been the reason for this tragedy but I can't think that anyone would try that sort of shit any more. And who knows how this is going to effect the individuals involved, not least the bowler.

Not really important atm, such a horrible tragedy.

Bowling short pitched deliveries has been part and parcel of the game and I dare say will continue Moomba even in the face of this terrible event.

I think that the head and some part of the neck can be better protected without it impacting on the natural movement required to play any type of shot but it reminds us of the risks sports people take every time they take to the field even in the game of cricket that doesn't often lend itself to high impact injuries of sorts.

Any impact to that area of that magnitude in any circumstance as Dr Bruckner said can result in instant death and so it was for Phil Hughes on Tuesday.

 

[moomba]

Bowling short pitched deliveries has been part and parcel of the game and I dare say will continue Moomba even in the face of this terrible event.

I don't think that will change, although I'd be surprised to see it continue as a sustained tactic against a batsman rather than a one off surprise delivery.

 

[foetus]

The short ball will remain. I'm sure Phil would have agreed it's part of the game. Aus won the ashes due to the intimidation from Mitchell Johnson. This is hopefully a one off freak accident. Still can't believe what's happened :(

 

[york away to this!]

very sad...

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

Bowling short pitched deliveries has been part and parcel of the game and I dare say will continue Moomba even in the face of this terrible event.

I don't think that will change, although I'd be surprised to see it continue as a sustained tactic against a batsman rather than a one off surprise delivery.

Unfortunately Phil Hughes was deemed susceptible to the short pitched delivery, he also was quite short, this added to the fact that he was a very good driver of the ball, he was always going to get more than his fair share of short pitched stuff.

Bowlers are restricted to 2 bouncers an over these days, with the game being more and more in favour of batsmen i dont think there will be any radical changes to the game. In the 80s the West Indians were bowling 4 or 5 deliveries an over short of a length, a tactic that was born out of the Australians with Lillee and Thompson bouncing the hell out of them in 75/76. All in a time where helmets were none existent. The advent of World series cricket staged between 77 and 79 saw most teams have 4 genuine fast bowlers, all bowling half their deliveries short, meant that helmets were introduced for the first time. Dennis Amiss being the first player to where a helmet regularly, before that maybe a hankie, a towel or a padded cap were the only forms of protection for the head.

The excellent documentary Fire in Babylon, the West Indies cricketers talk in length about short pitched bowling, why the West Indies adopted it and how the game was changed because of it.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

stunning news, our necks are so weak...

 

[leighton]

Shocking news to hear that Phil Hughes has died you wouldnt of thought with the helmet on it would of got a clean hit to the head. My thoughts and prayers are with the Hughes Family and all his team mates and all involved.
RIP Phil.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

Almost two weeks ago Pakistani batsman Ahmed shazad got hit on the head with a helmet on and suffered a minor fracture and this week Philip Hughes tragedy and both the deliveries were in mid 130kph range which is not fast in cricketing terms ,Quality and method of making of helmets is something really to be looked into going forward

 

[foetus]

Almost two weeks ago Pakistani batsman Ahmed shazad got hit on the head with a helmet on and suffered a minor fracture and this week Philip Hughes tragedy and both the deliveries were in mid 130kph range which is not fast in cricketing terms ,Quality and method of making of helmets is something really to be looked into going forward

Hughes wasn't hit in the helmet. It hit his neck under the ear and damaged an artery which caused bleeding on the brain. He was essentially dead within seconds of the delivery. Only cpr and life support kept him 'alive' as long as he was.