Terrible day for cricket

[tescorank]

RIP

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/phillip-hughes...

[greygoose]

Very sad, the bowler must be feeling awful.

[anonymous-user]

A very tragic accident.

RIP Phil!

[Deerfoot]

Just read it on the BBC, dreadful news.

I also feel for Sean Abbott who must be in a right state.

RIP Phil.

[Taita]

That is very sad

[wolves_wanderer]

Terrible shame, you just don't expect it in this day and age. Thoughts with the bowler as well.

[Gun]

Shocking

[BlackLabel]

Terrible news.

[Laurel Green]

Deerfoot said:

Just read it on the BBC, dreadful news.

I also feel for Sean Abbott who must be in a right state.

RIP Phil.

Likewise, very sad indeed.

[MartG]

Poor guy, and feel sorry for the bowler too

[Soov535]

Very sad indeed. An accident, nothing more.

[Zod]

Dreadful.

I wonder whether we'll see neck guards on helmets now.

[Foppo]

Very sad had a kip in, my wife just told me the lad died.

You wouldn't have thought cricket was a dangerous sport but it is.

[Bill]

Jesus! Poor sod. Really feel for the bowler too.

[funkyrobot]

Tragic. RIP.

Does anyone know how the injury happened even though he had a helmet on? Don't really follow cricket so don't know about safety etc.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

When I was at school I refused to have anything to do with cricket.....because the ball was too hard, and it looked like it would bloody hurt.

I got called a coward, which I didn't mind because I was, but I'm still alive to tell the tale.

A terrible shame that a decent young man has lost his life playing this daft game.

[SpeckledJim]

funkyrobot said:

Tragic. RIP.

Does anyone know how the injury happened even though he had a helmet on? Don't really follow cricket so don't know about safety etc.

Fluke accident. Hit the top of the neck, underneath the helmet. Normally it'd be bloody sore and you carry on.

Very very sad, and awful for the bowler.

[funkyrobot]

SpeckledJim said:

Fluke accident. Hit the top of the neck, underneath the helmet. Normally it'd be bloody sore and you carry on.

Very very sad, and awful for the bowler.

Oh dear.

[SpeckledJim]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

When I was at school I refused to have anything to do with cricket.....because the ball was too hard, and it looked like it would bloody hurt.

I broke my cheek bone on a cricket ball. The ball had traveled 50 metres through the air before hitting me in the face (I was about to catch it before I lost it in the sun).

But for my good fortune, it could have had a similar result to Tuesday's accident.

But there are no non-lethal sports, just as there are no non-lethal forms of transport. The chances are so minuscule, you just have to take reasonable precautions, (as Phil Hughes had done, and as you could argue I didn't - nobody wears a helmet on the boundary!) and get on with it.

Edited by SpeckledJim on Thursday 27th November 11:01

[Vocal Minority]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

When I was at school I refused to have anything to do with cricket.....because the ball was too hard, and it looked like it would bloody hurt.

I got called a coward, which I didn't mind because I was, but I'm still alive to tell the tale.

A terrible shame that a decent young man has lost his life playing this daft game.

I do think this needs clearing up. This was a fluke accident. It could not be designed to happen again.

Cricket is a safe game, and the rate of serious injury is much lower than in other sports like rugby, American football etc. Usually you get tagged by the ball, it's blydi sore but you can carry on. The safety gear is sufficiently good that even broken bones (the odd finger aside) are a rarity.

I have expressed my sadness elsewhere, so won't do again - but it is worth noting that this was the metaphorical 1 in a million thing.