Aussie Cricketer dies after being hit with ball

Thunder's Muse

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25 yr old Phillip Hughes died this morning, after being hit in the head by a 'bouncer' delivery.

In cricket, the ball must bounce once after being bowled, before travelling through to the batsman. As well as a 'normal' delivery, a bowler can opt to bowl a 'bouncer' ie: he bowls it short so it bounces up to head level of the batsman (a yorker is bowled directly at the toes of the batsman).

Phillip Hughes mis-timed his swing and the ball hit him right behind the ear, just below the helmet. He essentially dropped dead on the pitch but was resuscitated and then taken to hospital.

He died early this morning. As far as I can remember, this is the first death of a professional cricketer.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket...n-caused-by-blow-to-neck-20141127-11vlnn.html


http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket...ies-after-bouncer-at-scg-20141127-11vcpt.html
 

Thunder's Muse

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Sad news indeed. :(

Sean Abbott must feel terrible. :(



Yeah, the poor guy.... I was on Facebook earlier and found Sean's page. It had 950 likes and within an hour and a half, it was well over 3 thousand, with so many messages of support.

No way was this his fault, just a terrible accident.
 

Thunder's Muse

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video footage




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Totton Linnet

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It was the damn Aussies who started with the bouncers away back and there has always been a debate about them. A cricket ball is not like the *****ball used in baseball.

It is tragic for everyone including Abbott
 

Cruciform

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I'm sorry to see this, though I know little about cricket. I didn't know the ball was delivered hard enough to do such damage. (This has happened a few times in baseball here in the U.S., where the ball comes in around 98 miles per hour.) And what are the odds that a player would be hit in that precise spot. Such a tragedy. I'll pray for him and his family.
 

Thunder's Muse

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I'm sorry to see this, though I know little about cricket. I didn't know the ball was delivered hard enough to do such damage. (This has happened a few times in baseball here in the U.S., where the ball comes in around 98 miles per hour.) And what are the odds that a player would be hit in that precise spot. Such a tragedy. I'll pray for him and his family.


The injury was so rare, there have only been 100 recorded cases.

Found this today:

"Harder than a rock, the cricket ball weighing roughly 160 grams was travelling at 85km/h or more when it struck him behind his left ear.

“The ball is small so the *actual pressure is like a bullet effect,” said Dr Edouard Ferdinands of Sydney University, a world expert in cricket biomechanics.
"


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/ba...134879434?nk=febf4d4baa1fed2495459d86695ca27f
 
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