General cricket thread

[Fishtigua]

hornetrider said:

greygoose said:

Phil Hughes given mouth to mouth after collapsing after being hit by a short ball in Sydney according to the news, he is being operated on in hospital, hope he is ok.

Crikey.

Just seen this on the News. He's okay but not nice.

[juice]

greygoose said:

Phil Hughes given mouth to mouth after collapsing after being hit by a short ball in Sydney according to the news, he is being operated on in hospital, hope he is ok.

Just read about this. In the age of Helmets and grills you don't expect something like this to happen...shocking

[dav123a]

Currently in a coma , hospital will know more in the next day or so. Terrible news hope he pulls through okay.

[Challo]

Seems odd that he got hit, stood to one side and then suddenly collapsed. Wonder if there is something else behind the scenes with regards to his brain and this was the trigger?

Hope he pulls through.

[hornetrider]

dav123a said:

Currently in a coma , hospital will know more in the next day or so. Terrible news hope he pulls through okay.

Yeah just read he's in an induced coma, bad times. You really don't expect anything like this to happen - at all. I certainly can't remember anything like this happening before.

[SydneyBridge]

Poor bloke, hope he is ok
Also feel sorry for the bowler- not his fault at all

[NBTBRV8]

The Phil Hughes situation is pretty serious.

[spikeyhead]

Let's hope he pulls through.

[Amirhussain]

Just heard about Phil Hughes, hope he pulls through. Don't think I've ever heard of something like this before in cricket.

[Get Karter]

Phil Simmons 1988, sans helmet though:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/30198194

[Get Karter]

Challo said:

Seems odd that he got hit, stood to one side and then suddenly collapsed. Wonder if there is something else behind the scenes with regards to his brain and this was the trigger?

Hope he pulls through.

The ball hit the rear left of his skull, below the helmet.

[uk66fastback]

Terrible news. He was among my fave Aussies to get out when he was playing against England, which means bugger all now. I hope he recovers fully ...

Just dreadful, that really is unlucky to get hit there (right on the side of the neck they reckon) ...

[AlexS]

Bit wet in Sri Lanka at the moment.

[spikeyhead]

AlexS said:

Bit wet in Sri Lanka at the moment.

Are you referencing our batting, Moeen excepted, or our bowling?

Cracking ton of 72 balls from our best spin bowler.

[Amirhussain]

spikeyhead said:

AlexS said:

Bit wet in Sri Lanka at the moment.

Are you referencing our batting, Moeen excepted, or our bowling?

Cracking ton of 72 balls from our best spin bowler.

Terrific century, some great shot. Got England off to a flyer. Just got out unfortunately at the wrong time.
Cook needs to score at least 4 scores of 60+ in these next 6 games.

[TheAngryDog]

Cook says that they need to be more savvy with the ball. No Alastair, you and the middle order just need to score a few more runs.

[6th Gear]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/30219440

Very sad. RIP.

[Johnny]

Just seen that. Sad news indeed

[Asterix]

Shame

[ALawson]

RIP

Very freakish accident, thoughts with his family, friends and team mates. His ex team mate who delivered the ball must be gutted.