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Location: Farnborough. Hampshire. England. | So very sad to hear the passing of Phil Hughes. We had a minutes silence for him in my Cricket Club last night..Our thoughts are with his family.. |
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Location: Perth Australia | I believe the same will happen in mine tommorow
It was a very freak accident, I worry a bit about my sons that play sometimes
One thing that might come out of this is that there is talk of making wearing a helmet mandatory for all grades
For the people that arnt cricket mad, he was wearing a helmet, but was struck under the edge of it, sort of behind his ear
A cricket ball is very hard (harder than a base ball and a bit smaller) and a fast bowler can bowl them at around 100mph, so when you get hit, it hurts (if it misses the pads) and it will leave a very colourfull bruise
A bouncer (what hit Phil) is a ball bowled about 1/2 the leanth of the pitch and (if legal, not to high) will wizz past your head at about ear height.
It is very intimidating and is used to unsettle a batsman
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Elite Veteran,, James Passed away March 2021, He will be Missed
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Location: Melbourne, Australia | I am not into sport as such , but wow it has shaken the nation that's for sure . |
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Location: Western Australia | tragic,,....... so young and so much potential........
RIP |
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Location: Newcastle Australia | The loss of any person is a tragedy. But I am disgusted by the ridiculous over reporting and over emphasis of this man's death. In the last week we have lost two other sportsperson's who have represented Australia, yet they didn't even rate a mention in the news. We loose servicemen and they get a few lines on page 5. Yet this sportsman gets front page plus five other pages, and page after page since his death. He died playing the sport he loved and his family will be exceptionally well cared for. get it into perspective. |
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Location: Perth Australia | I have to agree with you a bit there
It is tragic and being involved in the cricket comunity myself, I was pleased to see the mark of respect that my club and my young sons club payed to Phil and his familly
What i dont get is all the media hype that has been attatched to this and commented on it to my work mates today at lunch time when I saw the funeral bein televised live.
He has had what is basically a state funeral without it actually being called one and I have to say that I dont understand why
I could not see the same thing happen if Danial Richiardo had a crash and died in F1 (not that I am wishing that on him), its just that the media have gotten a hold of it and wont let it go
I hope now that he has had his funeral that the media let it go so his familly can properly grieve and he can rest in piece
Its a sad loss of (from all reports) a nice guy that represented his country in a sport he loved and (really) died playing that sport
When I die, I hope I have the privelidge of dying doing what I love as well
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Phil Hughes.
