Cricketer Phillip Hughes

oh crap!

not unexpected news but definitely sad :(

Just woke up and saw that on the news,not very good at all.
It will be interesting how this affects cricket.

Very sad news :(

The bloke was fantastic to watch - a real star.

Fortunately such things are very rare in cricket, just very sad for Phil's family that this so rare an event had to happen to them.

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Originally Posted by disco man

Now we need to make sure this CANNOT happen again. A major redesign of helmets HAS to take place. Banning the bouncer is not the answer,making equipment safer is the way forward.

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Apparently the helmet he was wearing has been superseded, very recently, but he wasn't wearing the latest one.

Apparently CA hadn't been telling everyone they had to? He may not even have been aware a new one was on offer. All conjecture.

ABC radio journos all breaking down during their broadcast.

https://soundcloud.com/abc_grandstan...th-jim-maxwell

As in any tragedy , there is no need for the visual media to repeat on a seemingly endless loop the actual event. Bad enough for the event to happen , it doesnt need this. Show some compassion tv stations.

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Originally Posted by Discofever

Absolutely devastated. I feel physically sick.

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Terrible accident but I don't understand why you'd feel absolutely devastated and physically sick over the death of someone you didn't know.

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Originally Posted by disco man

Now we need to make sure this CANNOT happen again. A major redesign of helmets HAS to take place. Banning the bouncer is not the answer,making equipment safer is the way forward.

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Why not make the balls from sponge rubber, and the bats from balsa wood? It is a contest in which a really hard ball is thrown really fast, and the target defends him/herself and their wickets with a piece of wood.
It is a tragic event, but it is LIFE. Sometimes people get hurt, sometimes they even die. Sad, but unavoidable. Look at the Bodyline series.

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Originally Posted by donh54

Why not make the balls from sponge rubber, and the bats from balsa wood? It is a contest in which a really hard ball is thrown really fast, and the target defends him/herself and their wickets with a piece of wood.
It is a tragic event, but it is LIFE. Sometimes people get hurt, sometimes they even die. Sad, but unavoidable. Look at the Bodyline series.

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G'day mate,Look all I am saying is we do not need to change anything more in the game other than better helmets,I understand people will get hurt playing the game,but if better helmets are in use a mistimed hook or pull shot will not result in someone being killed.

Bodyline was different - the bowlers were trying to hit or at least intimidate the batsmen. It's amazing no one was killed.

I don't follow cricket so I had no idea about their helmet design. I was surprised that his helmet didn't come down over the ears.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Terrible accident but I don't understand why you'd feel absolutely devastated and physically sick over the death of someone you didn't know.

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The fact you don't follow cricket is probably why you don't understand.

This might sound strange but I reckon that had he been killed in a car accident, as tragic as that would also be, it would have been easier to digest.

Me being a cricket tragic, and I reckon that I am speaking for others here judging by the responses, the fact that he died doing his job, in a job that has a very good safety record, is why we are devastated.