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General cricket thread

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greygoose

8,225 posts

194 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Very sad, awful for the players on the pitch too.

SydneyBridge

8,500 posts

157 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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rip, tragic loss

Vocal Minority

8,582 posts

151 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Well this is just horrid. Thoughts go out to his family, colleagues and the poor bloke who bowled the ball.

I remember his brief stint for Worcestershire and how well he played for us. God bless Phil

spikeyhead

17,224 posts

196 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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RIP

suthol

2,154 posts

233 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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ALawson said:
RIP

Very freakish accident, thoughts with his family, friends and team mates. His ex team mate who delivered the ball must be gutted.
Incredibly sad day for all particularly his family.

Having been a bit sharp some years ago and hit a few blokes pretty badly I know how I felt at the time I can't begin to imagine how Sean Abbott is feeling right now, I hope he gets the necessary support.

Edited by suthol on Thursday 27th November 06:54

Itsallicanafford

2,759 posts

158 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Terrible news, sad day, sincerest condolences to friends and family

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Oh no what terrible news, what a tragedy frown

RIP

Gandahar

9,600 posts

127 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Very sad news. After Michael and Jules in F1 circles this has been a bad 12 months.


fathomfive

9,876 posts

189 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Terrible news for all concerned.

RIP.

Gargamel

14,958 posts

260 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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I am absolutely stunned.

Just horrible news. He was a cracking player to watch, loads of energy. Naturally I feel sad for him, but also terrible for the bowler.


dav123a

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1,220 posts

158 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Terrible news for all. I hope those on the field at that time especially Abbot will recover. A sad loss. RIP

Edited by dav123a on Thursday 27th November 07:41

Challo

10,043 posts

154 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Just heard the news. What a sad loss. frown

Thoughts go out to his family, friends and also Sean Abbott who bowled the ball. He must also be in pieces right now.

juice

8,509 posts

281 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Oh christ, that's unbelievably sad news...only 25 too.frown

uk66fastback

16,457 posts

270 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Awful, awful news to wake up to.

central

16,744 posts

216 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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frown

Kaj91

4,705 posts

120 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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How very sad, only 25.

Nom de ploom

4,890 posts

173 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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crikey, this is beyond tragic.

there are dangers in some professional sports, but in a non collision sport like Cricket this is just awful.


Amirhussain

11,486 posts

162 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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Just heard about Phil Hughes frown . Only 25 years old, I'm sure he would have gone on to be a fine cricketer for Australia. Feel for the bowler too. Sad, sad day in cricketing history.

john2443

6,325 posts

210 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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I wonder if this will trigger a rule change to ban bouncers?

I know that before helmets people did get hit, but do bowlers now expect the helmet to completely protect the batsman so it doesn't matter if they do hit the head; with no helmets did bowlers restrain themselves from bowling head height a bit. (Obviously there will be times that the batsman ducks but not far enough, or a rogue ball unintentionally bounces but should the rules minimise this as much as possible?)

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Thursday 27th November 2014
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john2443 said:
I wonder if this will trigger a rule change to ban bouncers?
No. Although I can see it resulting in a slight change to helmet design. Can they be extended down a bit more at the rear perhaps? Might be a bit awkward due to your stance when you're taking your guard though.