BATSMAN Phil Hughes arrived at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital in an induced coma and is currently in surgery after being struck on the head by a bouncer at the SCG earlier this afternoon while playing for South Australia.
There were distressing scenes at the SCG, as the Test hopeful and former Australian batsman was knocked out by a bouncer and stretchered from the ground.
Ambulance officials confirmed he was in a critical condition.
At least three ambulances and a helicopter were on hand to treat the 25-year-old and transport him to St Vincent’s Hospital.
Australian captain Michael Clarke was one of the first people to arrive at the hospital and is comforting Hughes’s sister and mother Virginia who were at the SCG today.
The opposing Blues players rushed in to help their former teammate and called for medical help from the dressing rooms when Hughes was felled by a bouncer by Sean Abbott when trying to execute a pull shot.
Doctors attempted to resuscitate the South Australia batsman on the wicket and stopped the medical van on the boundary to continue treatment soon after.
The NSW Blues released a statement saying Hughes had been taken to hospital via ambulance.
“A full statement on his condition will me made once assessed by doctors,” it read.
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He looked like a boxer who'd taken a delayed knock out punch. He stood there, looked at the pitch and then fell face first to the turf. Then he stopped breathing and CPR was performed on him at the ground. Terrible stuff.
Terrible news.
WhooEEE.
Freaky and frightening.
Thoughts with the Hughes family, particularly his sister and Mum who watched it unfold.
scary footage, hope the poor bugger is ok. He was on the way to playing the first test with 63no.
I've been smashed in the head by a bouncer not a good feeling, the guy also wasn't bowling 140kms an hour either.
Hope he can get through this and go on to play again.
I've been hit in the head as well by one of my fast bowlers who bowls over 100km/h during a net session. I was fine because I was wearing a helmet but I'd hate to be hit by a delivery faster than 130km/h.
It just shows that even the best are human and that they can be hit. It's the third head injury in the past month after Ahmed Shehzad was hit against New Zealand and stretchered from the field and NSW batsman, Ben Rohrer is still out of the game after suffering a concussion in Round One of the Sheffield Shield.
Induced Coma and undergoing surgery.
Unlikely to know the outcome for 24-48hr
http://www.cricket.com.au/news/phillip-hughes-knocked-out-batting-w...
Terrible footage to watch, hope he's OK.
Confirmed reports that Hughes was clinically dead for 20 minutes.
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