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[Montys Beard]

Phil Hughes has taken a bouncer to the lid at the SCG and is in a pretty bad way.

"There are serious concerns for South Australian batsman Phil Hughes after he was hit on the side of the head by a bouncer by Sean Abbott during a Sheffield Shield clash against NSW at the SCG.

An ambulance helicopter arrived at the SCG with a doctor to help Hughes. A spokesman for the Ambulance Service of NSW said paramedics were called to Moore Park at 2.37pm, and Hughes was taken to St Vincents Hospital by ambulance in a critical condition.

After the blow, Hughes stood, looked at his feet and crashed face-first onto the pitch. The NSW players and umpires called for help immediately"

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/phil-hughes-knocked-out-by-bouncer-at-scg-20141125-11titq.html

Thoughts are with Phil right now.

*Update - Just heard they had to perform CPR on him at the ground. Unconfirmed but what I'm hearing on social media/radio etc...
*Update 2 - Reports on the news he had a cardiac arrest - Again unconfirmed.

[Nmcgee]

My goodness, this looks really bad.

[El Nino]

Mates with him when we both played in Worcester, sick to my stomach with this news.

Praying for him to pull through this, thoughts with family, friends and Sean Abbot who must be feeling terrible.

[langer17]

Saw a video of them putting him on the stretcher -  His body was just completely limp. Not good at all

[Nmcgee]

News services now indicating CPR was performed for 40 mins at the ground.

[Montys Beard]

Yeah, sport.fm have just said that he's in surgery at St.Vinnies....

There's a press conference in 15 minutes which they're going to try and put live so I'll post something up if there's anything new.

[mad_abt_cricket]

Really sad news. Hopefully he will recover and back on the cricket field.

[Andythomo21]

Terrible news, really hope he pulls through?!  Things like this really show the potential dangers of the game and put things into perspective.

[Montys Beard]

From News Limited reporter at the scene, Ben McClellan:
St Vincent's Hospital spokesman David Faktor said Hughes was on life support.
"He  underwent a set of scans to establish the extent of his injuries and then a decision was made to perform surgery," he said.
"He arrived in a critical condition and remains in a critical condition. He is undergoing surgery as we speak.
"I understand they intubated him at the scene. He is the best of hands and surrounded by a leading team."
Mr Faktor said he's family was by his side.
"He's got loved ones here at the hospital," he said.

[Vic Nicholas]

They are running bulletins every 5 minutes or so on SEN radio here in Melbourne.

Latest reports suggest the ball may have hit Hughes in the neck, not head as first reported.

Unconfirmed reports that it may have damaged (severed?) an artery, hence poor Phil going into cardiac arrest.

Was reported to have been on life support. Condition is critical.

Family and friends (Michael Clarke etc) have rushed to be by his side in hospital.

This is terrible, terrible news.

I hope and pray Phil pulls through.

[Vic Nicholas]

Now reports on the radio saying that Hughes is undergoing brain surgery.

The ball must have hit him on the side of the head on the temple.

Was put into an induced coma apparently.

The news bulletins do not sound positive at all.

[smokem]

This doesn't sounds great. My thoughts and prayers with Phil Hughes and his family.

[ppccopener]

Just woken up to this news on bbc.
This is desperately sad and we can only hope he pulls thru

[Jenko]

Not looking good for him. Terrible news

[seedy]

Jesus I couldn't believe this when I read the story. Fingers crossed for Phil. This is terrible news.