General cricket thread

[greygoose]

Very sad, awful for the players on the pitch too.

[SydneyBridge]

rip, tragic loss

[Vocal Minority]

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]

RIP

[suthol]

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]

Terrible news, sad day, sincerest condolences to friends and family

[hornetrider]

Oh no what terrible news, what a tragedy

RIP

[Gandahar]

Very sad news. After Michael and Jules in F1 circles this has been a bad 12 months.

[fathomfive]

Terrible news for all concerned.

RIP.

[Gargamel]

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]

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]

Just heard the news. What a sad loss.

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

[juice]

Oh christ, that's unbelievably sad news...only 25 too.

[uk66fastback]

Awful, awful news to wake up to.

[central]

[Kaj91]

How very sad, only 25.

[Nom de ploom]

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]

Just heard about Phil Hughes . 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]

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]

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.