Yeah, what's remarkable is he still continued to play and didn't hesitate... Probably a lot of people including me would go on to stop playing the game forever.
@@harshranjan8526 yeah mate, but knowing the ball that killed a man came from my hands and going to sleep every night with that thought is not something a lot of people can handle. I cannot atleast.. That's why I said that he's a brave man who looked past that and still continued to play.
Phil Hughes always looked at to be the next in line when we lost Clarke and Hussey to retirement. Hughes and Khawaja were the obvious names for our future batting lineup. Steve Smith went way beyond any early expectations we had for him but at a minimum Phil Hughes would have been at Khawaja level in the test side by now probably even better and possibly joining Smith as the core of our batting. He had so much natural ability that once he fixed the slight holes in his technique that Jimmy Anderson used to expose I had no doubt Hughes would have had multiple years averaging 40-50 in test cricket.
Hughes had more first class centuries to his name than all the major young Aussie batsmen combined at that time, you are not doing him any justice by saying he would have been a Khawaja level player, he had potential to out do Smith in pretty much all the three formats.
Elton John was doing a concert in Germany when he heard the news as cricket fan he sung and special song even though Germans know nothing about the game
The death of Phillip Hughes was just emotional as anything else in the history of the cricket.He could never be missed in the spirit of cricket b'coz the way he has given his life away and showed the braveness.
I remember my mum taking me home from school early, and I got bored so I switched on the radio, and I heard them mention Phil Hughes' death. My mum and I were heartbroken as we watched the match where it happened and we prayed that his condition will improve. RIP Phil Hughes.
As sad as it was, and as effected personally the people who know him and his team mates were. As soon as Mitchel Johnson started bowling short at India in that very next series, the game, on the field had moved on. And I was relieved.
I was 14 years old and was getting ready for school when I heard this news! I was crying! Coming from India we always have had exposure to cricketers from a young age and I knew him from the Test series in India. When ever I come across the name I shot of get goosebumps. I had never gone through the the videos again. It short of killed me. Even today when I think of bowling a bouncer on top of my mark, I pray that's not going to happen again.
The big legacy of Hughes's death is helmets now come with 'stem guards' to protect that vulnerable part of the neck. My suspicion is that they actually restrict head movement. In any case batting helmets have meant that batsmen don't step to the off side ('getting inside the line of the ball') while playing short balls any more, which means that the ball misses them if they miss the shot.
True when i was coached in cricket i was taught to get inside the line of the ball, so if you missed it you would cut down the risk of being hit, today you see batsmen standing still trying to play hook shots, believing the helmet will save them, when a hard object travelling at 85-90+ i.e a cricket ball, the helmet jolts against the batsmen' head.
I get what you're saying, but I suppose that is the point: cricket hasn't changed at all. It'll take something like this happening again for people to call the status quo into question. Most likely it'll never come to that, because cricket isn't about to have an epidemic of life-threatening or -altering injuries or long-term effects like American football or boxing. So for the most part nothing terrible will happen, but eventually a freak thing like this will happen again.
@@akbarshahzad5780 i've got no clue what you're talking about - do you know how much research goes into the pads, helmets and boxes, and everything in between? the ICC aren't stupid no - brains that would ignore this tragic incident
@@glebkachur8033 The one thing that's changed is that the neck protectors were introduced, and even that wasn't made mandatory until after Steve Smith refused to wear one and got beaned by Archer. I am not aware of any major structural CHANGE in cricket following the Hughes incident--which, as OP and the title of the video point out, is what we're discussing. If you know of such a change, please share.
Such a tragic event, and he was just reaching his prime as a cricketer really. I remember being quite tearful when I heard the news, and I'm not really one of those to show their emotions easily. But it was such a tragedy for his family, his team mates, and the world of cricket. So so sad. RIP Hughsie.
Such a shame. They say that the good ones always go too soon. I remember seeing Alex Tudor getting hit by Brett Lee in an ashes test in the 2002/03 series and the way he went down, I thought it might have happened there. Thankfully it didn’t. Horrible, horrible accident. Always 63 not out, always 25 years old. 😢😢
i remember being young an of course looking up to player i saw hughes using the same branded bat kookaburra kauna and love his style of batting so i be came my favourite at the time then hearing the news broke me especially at 12 looking up to my countries stars sad to see a batsmen like him with future head of him cut short RIP 63*
Watching this a few days after Cheteshwar Pujara stood like a rock at the Gabba letting ball after ball hit him, and building the foundation for the Indian victory (19Jan2021). One wonders and wishes that while Hughes’ was a tragedy that should never have happened, hopefully it never repeats. Good man Hughes!
full respect to Phil Hughes, but why espn and cricket Australia thinks that you can't get killed in cricket?? have they Forgot RAMAN LAMBA the Indian Cricketer who died while playing cricket?
probably because, there were precautions which Lamba should have taken but did not(wearing of helmet, which was already in place). Philip's case was rather a unique one, never seen before. RIP to Lamba and Hughes. 2 people who cant be replaced.
10 years ago today this great young cricketer in the making by the name of Phillip Hughes, a born-to-be cattle farmer from his beloved small country town of Macksville in NSW, was taken from not just his town, his state and Australia, but the world. There’s a reason he was called the little Don. Getting his first two centuries in just his second Test at the age of 20 against a bowling lineup consisting of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Jacque Kallis and Paul Harris. That century on ODI debut against a good Sri Lanka side at the MCG that I would see is arguably one of the best ODI centuries to watch. He got dropped a lot, but he fought back hard and refined his technique and temperament each time. He put together one last great innings of 200 against South Africa A in a List A match at Darwin before he was taken from us in the middle of what could have been the innings that put him back into the test side for the 2014/2015 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India that could have catapulted him to the great cricket he showed he could one day be. But more than all of this, the greatest tragedy was that a great young Australian in the making, who embodied so much of our country, was taken from us. Our country is much poorer culturally today because Phillip Hughes isn’t alive. He would have been someone everyone in this country could have looked up to for guidance, particularly considering how pathetic our political leaders have been in the time since his passing. May the great young man from Macksville forever remain in our hearts. And Phillip Hughes, if you somehow see this comment from heaven, may you forever rest in peace and on 63 not out* ❤️
The starting quote from miachel clarke is very touching I also lost a friend after his death for many days I use to call him realising he is no more many time when I heara knock on my door I think the he is on the other side
It shook me like never before... I knew about Raman Lamba and few others who passed away but this happened like before my eyes... Stunning... Shook cricketing world... Now they are making more secure helmets but u can't be sure
What upsets me is this legend could have been out there with Steve Smith or Warner smashing boundaries and getting centuries. Such a tragic loss and had so much potential. 😭😭😭
Many times we forget the meaning of sports. Sports is a part of our life. In one or other way we love to play at home, school, street, ground, etc. And it is a fun. We human being all love to have fun. What happened with the sports is due to competition, it became revenge. Every one wanted to defeat others. Lot of times players themselves fight. Started to hate each other. Coming to cricket, lots of bouncers are bowled; bowlers started to attack batsman's body rather than concentrating on taking wickets. And the results are we are loosing good persons like Phil Hughes. We all know only Phil because he was an international player. But there are more people died due to this kind of bad play. One of my neighbor's son passed away at the age of 13 because the ball hit his head. His parents lost his dear son. It was very hard time for them. Recently Steve Smith was also suffered similar bouncer as Phil Hughes. Thank God that he recovered. In conclusion, I think for safety reasons, bouncer should be banned. As I said sports should bring fun and entertainment but if it takes away a person's life then it is not sports. Life is more precious than sports. Play safely.
Never had anyone thought that a bouncer that made him to collapse, would be the reason for his death I comment this 7 years later to that incident ,but Phil ,I hope you RIP
Yeah......you are right.The,even Hughes could have been Australia captain instead of Tim Paine,after Smith left captaincy.The team would have been Warner Hughes(C) Labuchagne Smith Head Green Paine Cummins (vc) Starc Hazlewood Lyon
2:12 You made wrong statement . Indian cricketer RAMAN LAMBA also died when ball hit him in the head while he was fielding , If we made correction at that time , May be Philip Hughes never died ,
Phil Hughes' tragic death brings to light, how lucky was Nari Contarctor, the Indian captain who was hit on his head by a bouncer. Here's an extract from Wikipedia. Contractor led India to a series win against England in 1961-62 and captained the side to Caribbean the same season. After two Tests, Indian team traveled to Barbados. There, in a tour match against Barbados at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, in March 1962, he was on 2 not out while opening the batting with Dilip Sardesai during his side's first innings, when his attention was for a moment distracted as he faced Charlie Griffith in the fourth ball of the second over. He saw somebody open a window in the pavilion, and consequently was unable to concentrate on the ball following its delivery by Griffith, seeing the ball "just inches away before it hit" him. Contractor took a blow at the back of his skull fracturing it. A blood clot had developed inside his skull and pressing against the brain paralyzing him from the waist down. Two surgeries were performed to remove the clot. Requiring blood transfusion for the purpose, the West Indies captain Frank Worrell donated blood,[5] alongside Contractor's teammates Chandu Borde, Bapu Nadkarni and Polly Umrigar. Contractor's life was saved but his international career was abruptly ended as a result. Mansoor Ali Khan of Pataudi took over the captaincy from the third test. In a recent interview, Contractor mentioned as his only regret that he wanted play just one Test after the injury, but people did not want him to. At the time Contractor was seriously injured, cricket batsmen did not wear helmets. They do now.
I was like stunned, shocked and teary. Put your bat out went viral around the world at the time. Since that moment, i realize cricket is a dangerous game of sport now and i was scared each time when someone does a bouncer. When Johnson did the bouncer to Kohli, I was actually scared when it nearly happened but good thing virat was ok. Hughes had so much potential to be in the world cup squad and the test side and i wish he played more for Australia back then 😢
Imagine facing the WI pacers without the head-gear , Gavaskar scoring close to 800 runs in one series against the most lethal attack ever known , in their home turf , those great batsmen wielded a bat & played the greatest knocks the world has ever seen , in fact they would hav refused to wear one , such was the belief in their foot work or reflex's , the bowler had the ball the batsman the bat , fair enough , freak accidents do happen & its sad , there r no guarantees in life , the game is pro batsmen , the bowler is same old , same old , more restrictions , less incentives to be one .
At this time I think we should take a moment to remember Indian cricketer Raman Lamba as well who lost his life after being hit well feeling at the short square leg.
I remember even the Indian media started having conversations on whether the Bouncer should be outlawed, that was obviously a wrong approach to the tragic incident. Hopefully they keep working on improving & making better protective gears coz all you need is one more tragedy for the latest protective gears to be considered inadequate.
Crazy to think if there was the smallest thing different about anything he wouldnt have died, say he was on a different amount of runs and had less agression and he left the ball, so many different things
It was a sad moment but again I cant understand how did this incident change cricket. I think the only change in cricket due to this given incident was that extra padding which is now used on the back of the helmet by few players
Mateen Sheikh it’s about mentality!! There is a sense of scare even though players don’t show it! Aisa h Ki kuch v ho sakta uss Khel me v jisko hum itna pyaar karte h
I think a batsman cannot be killed on a cricket pitch if he is seeing the ball , hughes took his eyes completely of the ball and didn't even try to get his helmet in the way , I think it was a brain fade
It changed the whole mentality. I know people who are scared who were not scared before. Before people would just think that they might get hurt. Now people think they can get killed even wearing helmets. The ICC has made new laws about safety and even countries governments have made laws saying that everyone has to wear a helmet no matter what.
You guys forgot to mention ... New Zealand who didn't bowl a single short bowl in their next test series.
Yeah, New Zealand's attitude and respect was remarkable
And that's very rare, new zealand bowlers often bowl short deliveries in tests
Australia and New Zealand almost the same country and were brothers in arms in the world wars, His death is almost like the death of one of their own.
Their next series was on a dustbowl in UAE. Can't even bowl a bouncer if wanted
That's why new Zealand is respected by everyone...
Feel really bad for sean abbot. To go to sleep to think that you’ve killed a man, but wasn’t his fault
True
Yeah, what's remarkable is he still continued to play and didn't hesitate... Probably a lot of people including me would go on to stop playing the game forever.
@@rishabhadhikari6456 No, brother, that's not the case, accidents happen(and this was an extremely serious one), but life is not about stopping.
@@harshranjan8526 yeah mate, but knowing the ball that killed a man came from my hands and going to sleep every night with that thought is not something a lot of people can handle. I cannot atleast.. That's why I said that he's a brave man who looked past that and still continued to play.
Well at least now he can say he has a killer bouncer
63* forever. Love Phil Hughes. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Michael Clark could have easily played for 2-3 years more and crossed 10000 runs mark.
But PH's death broke him from inside
That and his back fucked up.
@@reecel7488 lol
seriously
Thats absolutely true.His back stiffness and Hughes's death just finished his cricketing career at the end.
Saddest day in cricket and followed by Clarke's press conference with tears in paying tribute was so heartbreaking :'(
Don't u think when indian cricketer Raman Lamba died on cricket field that should have been saddest day.
@@Mahakaal00007 Not exactly, that may be the saddest day in 1990S ERA.
@@crownfedora5355 actually he fielding near the batsman and he didnot wear a helmet
Phil Hughes always looked at to be the next in line when we lost Clarke and Hussey to retirement. Hughes and Khawaja were the obvious names for our future batting lineup. Steve Smith went way beyond any early expectations we had for him but at a minimum Phil Hughes would have been at Khawaja level in the test side by now probably even better and possibly joining Smith as the core of our batting. He had so much natural ability that once he fixed the slight holes in his technique that Jimmy Anderson used to expose I had no doubt Hughes would have had multiple years averaging 40-50 in test cricket.
@Patriotic Warrior fuck u
Hughes had more first class centuries to his name than all the major young Aussie batsmen combined at that time, you are not doing him any justice by saying he would have been a Khawaja level player, he had potential to out do Smith in pretty much all the three formats.
@Patriotic Warrior Racist. GFY
Phillip's death will stay with me for the rest of my life!!! It was the worst day of my life and for everyone who is a lover of cricket!!!
Elton John was doing a concert in Germany when he heard the news as cricket fan he sung and special song even though Germans know nothing about the game
Philip....you will always remain in our hearts.....
Love and respect from Bangladesh
Clarke became such a likeable guy after this.
No he didnt
@@EldeLDorELLEN Stick to Day-Z douche..
Cat Likepizza Gaming maybe not for pommie wankers
@@maanasravishankar5465 Maybe not for assholes, right?
@@_rayankarim24 Yeah for vagina fuckers he is not a good person. I agree.
I still cannot believe he is gone. Such an amazing person and talent. RIP Hughesy
RIP Phillip and may you be granted the best place in heaven
His last innings will remain the longest innings ever😢
The death of Phillip Hughes was just emotional as anything else in the history of the cricket.He could never be missed in the spirit of cricket b'coz the way he has given his life away and showed the braveness.
Just spare a thought for Sean abott. How he must have felt when he heard the news.
RIP Highest run scorer in first season of Champions league😢
I remember my mum taking me home from school early, and I got bored so I switched on the radio, and I heard them mention Phil Hughes' death. My mum and I were heartbroken as we watched the match where it happened and we prayed that his condition will improve. RIP Phil Hughes.
Phillip huges
1988- forever
He is same age as Virat
@@sairamkumar5220 Was*
@@sairamkumar5220 they were born on the same month too
Can't believe it's been nearly 5 years already. It was like just yesterday I was watching him bat.
Saddest moment in cricket history !!
Even in his last match is innings had outlasted him , even if he had died he had the courage to keep his innings alive.
❤️🔥63*
As sad as it was, and as effected personally the people who know him and his team mates were. As soon as Mitchel Johnson started bowling short at India in that very next series, the game, on the field had moved on. And I was relieved.
I was 14 years old and was getting ready for school when I heard this news! I was crying! Coming from India we always have had exposure to cricketers from a young age and I knew him from the Test series in India. When ever I come across the name I shot of get goosebumps. I had never gone through the the videos again. It short of killed me. Even today when I think of bowling a bouncer on top of my mark, I pray that's not going to happen again.
You are a true cricket fan
Spare a thought for Sean Abbott. What hell must be going in his mind while bowling his next ball after that accident.
Match was immediately abandoned, I believe, after that ball...
@@jeremycosham3064 correct
But Sean Abbott is a strong man he came back again to play this but after 4 years
You mean for the rest of his life.
@@jeremycosham3064yes that match was abandoned, I was speaking about the next ball he bowled.
The big legacy of Hughes's death is helmets now come with 'stem guards' to protect that vulnerable part of the neck. My suspicion is that they actually restrict head movement. In any case batting helmets have meant that batsmen don't step to the off side ('getting inside the line of the ball') while playing short balls any more, which means that the ball misses them if they miss the shot.
Didn't connect it. Always wondered why inside out shots, especially against short ball have become so rare now?
I bat with one, I just feel more secure... It in no means restricts my movement. I bat at 3 in grade cricket and get my fair share of bouncers.
True when i was coached in cricket i was taught to get inside the line of the ball, so if you missed it you would cut down the risk of being hit, today you see batsmen standing still trying to play hook shots, believing the helmet will save them, when a hard object travelling at 85-90+ i.e a cricket ball, the helmet jolts against the batsmen' head.
Very few players where them now
Ok but you never touched on how this CHANGED cricket...was expecting how helmets were upgraded with neck protectors etc...RIP PH63*
I get what you're saying, but I suppose that is the point: cricket hasn't changed at all. It'll take something like this happening again for people to call the status quo into question. Most likely it'll never come to that, because cricket isn't about to have an epidemic of life-threatening or -altering injuries or long-term effects like American football or boxing. So for the most part nothing terrible will happen, but eventually a freak thing like this will happen again.
@@akbarshahzad5780 i've got no clue what you're talking about - do you know how much research goes into the pads, helmets and boxes, and everything in between? the ICC aren't stupid no - brains that would ignore this tragic incident
@@glebkachur8033 The one thing that's changed is that the neck protectors were introduced, and even that wasn't made mandatory until after Steve Smith refused to wear one and got beaned by Archer. I am not aware of any major structural CHANGE in cricket following the Hughes incident--which, as OP and the title of the video point out, is what we're discussing. If you know of such a change, please share.
bouncers should be banned !
@@pritpaulsonia6861 seriously😑😑
That innings of 63 has still not ended 😭😭😭 will love you forever Philip👍
As an Englishman , I would say nz have the best attitude and respect
Phil Hughes, I tip my hat sir.
I really wish this was just a dream love Phillip Hughes
RIP gorgeous boy..you will never be forgotten Philip
Such a tragic event, and he was just reaching his prime as a cricketer really.
I remember being quite tearful when I heard the news, and I'm not really one of those to show their emotions easily. But it was such a tragedy for his family, his team mates, and the world of cricket. So so sad. RIP Hughsie.
Google raman lamba..... Phil hughes was not only one unlucky cricketer....RIP
Mark nikolas is very emotional while speaking
😢😢😢😢😢 miss you Phil
Such a shame. They say that the good ones always go too soon. I remember seeing Alex Tudor getting hit by Brett Lee in an ashes test in the 2002/03 series and the way he went down, I thought it might have happened there. Thankfully it didn’t. Horrible, horrible accident. Always 63 not out, always 25 years old. 😢😢
watching it in 2024, still not over this freak incident. I remember, it was so painful. The whole cricket world was in deep sorrow.
i remember being young an of course looking up to player i saw hughes using the same branded bat kookaburra kauna and love his style of batting so i be came my favourite at the time then hearing the news broke me especially at 12 looking up to my countries stars sad to see a batsmen like him with future head of him cut short RIP 63*
Watching this a few days after Cheteshwar Pujara stood like a rock at the Gabba letting ball after ball hit him, and building the foundation for the Indian victory (19Jan2021). One wonders and wishes that while Hughes’ was a tragedy that should never have happened, hopefully it never repeats.
Good man Hughes!
I never thought that his death would have such a big impact on cricket RIP
full respect to Phil Hughes, but why espn and cricket Australia thinks that you can't get killed in cricket??
have they Forgot RAMAN LAMBA the Indian Cricketer who died while playing cricket?
Clearly you don’t respect him!!
Dude this is a tragedy for modern era
@Avik Chakrabortty thanks
probably because, there were precautions which Lamba should have taken but did not(wearing of helmet, which was already in place). Philip's case was rather a unique one, never seen before.
RIP to Lamba and Hughes. 2 people who cant be replaced.
@@paulbenjamin6597 lamba was hit when he was fielding.
Rip phil hughes i still am emotional after hearing this
By far the saddest thing to happen to Cricket! R.I.P Phillip Hughes
Phil Hughes we still love u u are in our hearts forever . . . . We love u and we love every player
To think this was five years ago I cried for hours after the news of his passing
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
10 years ago today this great young cricketer in the making by the name of Phillip Hughes, a born-to-be cattle farmer from his beloved small country town of Macksville in NSW, was taken from not just his town, his state and Australia, but the world. There’s a reason he was called the little Don.
Getting his first two centuries in just his second Test at the age of 20 against a bowling lineup consisting of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Jacque Kallis and Paul Harris. That century on ODI debut against a good Sri Lanka side at the MCG that I would see is arguably one of the best ODI centuries to watch. He got dropped a lot, but he fought back hard and refined his technique and temperament each time. He put together one last great innings of 200 against South Africa A in a List A match at Darwin before he was taken from us in the middle of what could have been the innings that put him back into the test side for the 2014/2015 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India that could have catapulted him to the great cricket he showed he could one day be.
But more than all of this, the greatest tragedy was that a great young Australian in the making, who embodied so much of our country, was taken from us. Our country is much poorer culturally today because Phillip Hughes isn’t alive. He would have been someone everyone in this country could have looked up to for guidance, particularly considering how pathetic our political leaders have been in the time since his passing. May the great young man from Macksville forever remain in our hearts. And Phillip Hughes, if you somehow see this comment from heaven, may you forever rest in peace and on 63 not out* ❤️
when i heard that news i was crying for phill hughes as a pakistani i want to salute phill hughes#NOT OUT
The starting quote from miachel clarke is very touching I also lost a friend after his death for many days I use to call him realising he is no more many time when I heara knock on my door I think the he is on the other side
Philip Hughes will always be in our memory.
This really did change cricket....
We are always remembering you Philip.
Just memorizing one forever.
Who were here today on his death anniversary such a upcoming legend gone soon AMEN 🙏
It shook me like never before... I knew about Raman Lamba and few others who passed away but this happened like before my eyes... Stunning... Shook cricketing world... Now they are making more secure helmets but u can't be sure
Can never forget this
Sadness that will live with us forever 💔
I don't know any one watching this video till now but tears come out of my eyes when I see Philip 😭😭....
It still slows down my heart thinking about it 😢
What upsets me is this legend could have been out there with Steve Smith or Warner smashing boundaries and getting centuries. Such a tragic loss and had so much potential. 😭😭😭
Many times we forget the meaning of sports. Sports is a part of our life. In one or other way we love to play at home, school, street, ground, etc. And it is a fun. We human being all love to have fun. What happened with the sports is due to competition, it became revenge. Every one wanted to defeat others. Lot of times players themselves fight. Started to hate each other. Coming to cricket, lots of bouncers are bowled; bowlers started to attack batsman's body rather than concentrating on taking wickets. And the results are we are loosing good persons like Phil Hughes. We all know only Phil because he was an international player. But there are more people died due to this kind of bad play. One of my neighbor's son passed away at the age of 13 because the ball hit his head. His parents lost his dear son. It was very hard time for them. Recently Steve Smith was also suffered similar bouncer as Phil Hughes. Thank God that he recovered. In conclusion, I think for safety reasons, bouncer should be banned. As I said sports should bring fun and entertainment but if it takes away a person's life then it is not sports. Life is more precious than sports. Play safely.
RIP Phillip Hughes a loved cricketer and will be missed by all cricket lovers and I'm glad my name is Phillip
Never had anyone thought that a bouncer that made him to collapse, would be the reason for his death
I comment this 7 years later to that incident ,but Phil ,I hope you RIP
the death of Phil Hughes made a big impact and also remember playing against Phil Hughes in the uk and with Middlesex reserves in 2009 pre ashes
Imagine Hughes and Warner opening in tests today :(
Yeah......you are right.The,even Hughes could have been Australia captain instead of Tim Paine,after Smith left captaincy.The team would have been
Warner
Hughes(C)
Labuchagne
Smith
Head
Green
Paine
Cummins (vc)
Starc
Hazlewood
Lyon
2:12 You made wrong statement . Indian cricketer RAMAN LAMBA also died when ball hit him in the head while he was fielding , If we made correction at that time , May be Philip Hughes never died ,
Ok Indian
So what if he’s Indian?
The day cricket made me cry
Phil Hughes' tragic death brings to light, how lucky was Nari Contarctor, the Indian captain who was hit on his head by a bouncer. Here's an extract from Wikipedia.
Contractor led India to a series win against England in 1961-62 and captained the side to Caribbean the same season. After two Tests, Indian team traveled to Barbados. There, in a tour match against Barbados at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, in March 1962, he was on 2 not out while opening the batting with Dilip Sardesai during his side's first innings, when his attention was for a moment distracted as he faced Charlie Griffith in the fourth ball of the second over. He saw somebody open a window in the pavilion, and consequently was unable to concentrate on the ball following its delivery by Griffith, seeing the ball "just inches away before it hit" him. Contractor took a blow at the back of his skull fracturing it. A blood clot had developed inside his skull and pressing against the brain paralyzing him from the waist down. Two surgeries were performed to remove the clot. Requiring blood transfusion for the purpose, the West Indies captain Frank Worrell donated blood,[5] alongside Contractor's teammates Chandu Borde, Bapu Nadkarni and Polly Umrigar. Contractor's life was saved but his international career was abruptly ended as a result. Mansoor Ali Khan of Pataudi took over the captaincy from the third test. In a recent interview, Contractor mentioned as his only regret that he wanted play just one Test after the injury, but people did not want him to.
At the time Contractor was seriously injured, cricket batsmen did not wear helmets. They do now.
I was like stunned, shocked and teary. Put your bat out went viral around the world at the time. Since that moment, i realize cricket is a dangerous game of sport now and i was scared each time when someone does a bouncer. When Johnson did the bouncer to Kohli, I was actually scared when it nearly happened but good thing virat was ok. Hughes had so much potential to be in the world cup squad and the test side and i wish he played more for Australia back then 😢
RIP Hughes
U are celebrated legend. A personal loss. 63* not out forever.
Have we forgotten about Raman Lamba who died on the field.
Very different circumstances - tragic, but he also did refuse a helmet while fielding at short leg
How can people dislike this.......
Because they didn’t explain to us how it changed cricketer forever
RIP the greatest of all
To this day very sad 😢😢😢
Love you Philip hughes I love you
Cricekt Australia please do not forget Phil Hughes!
And when I saw him fall I had terrible feeling and next day I checked cricinfo and was v v sad.
Imagine facing the WI pacers without the head-gear , Gavaskar scoring close to 800 runs in one series against the most lethal attack ever known , in their home turf , those great batsmen wielded a bat & played the greatest knocks the world has ever seen , in fact they would hav refused to wear one , such was the belief in their foot work or reflex's , the bowler had the ball the batsman the bat , fair enough , freak accidents do happen & its sad , there r no guarantees in life , the game is pro batsmen , the bowler is same old , same old , more restrictions , less incentives to be one .
Future is unpredictable. U never know what can happen tomorrow.
THE DESTROYER it is what it is everything has an end everything.
63 not out forever'
Really a black day in criecke history forever.....RIP PHILLIP HUGHES...🙏
Saddest moment in cricket history
What a good vid, so well spoken
Phillip Joel Hughes still 63* in our hearts ❤️💓🇵🇰🇦🇺
You could have avoided the music. It doesn't really fit. 🤦🏽♂️
gs_vipin who cares about the music
May the legend rest in power. Amen.
At this time I think we should take a moment to remember Indian cricketer Raman Lamba as well who lost his life after being hit well feeling at the short square leg.
63* Not out Forever !!! Even though he’s gone! But his legacy will live on forever!!
63* forever! Rest in peace Phil
63 Not Out. We will remember you forever .
Rest in Peace Philip 😢😢😢😢
I miss you 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥
Always be remembered
A total heartbreak for cricket
I remember even the Indian media started having conversations on whether the Bouncer should be outlawed, that was obviously a wrong approach to the tragic incident. Hopefully they keep working on improving & making better protective gears coz all you need is one more tragedy for the latest protective gears to be considered inadequate.
Crazy to think if there was the smallest thing different about anything he wouldnt have died, say he was on a different amount of runs and had less agression and he left the ball, so many different things
It was a sad moment but again I cant understand how did this incident change cricket. I think the only change in cricket due to this given incident was that extra padding which is now used on the back of the helmet by few players
Mateen Sheikh it’s about mentality!! There is a sense of scare even though players don’t show it! Aisa h Ki kuch v ho sakta uss Khel me v jisko hum itna pyaar karte h
I think a batsman cannot be killed on a cricket pitch if he is seeing the ball , hughes took his eyes completely of the ball and didn't even try to get his helmet in the way , I think it was a brain fade
It changed cricket hugely man. I'm not sure if you're being insensitive or ignorant.
@xavier stop being a complete ass hole I already said it was a sad moment but in my opinion it didn't change cricket
It changed the whole mentality. I know people who are scared who were not scared before. Before people would just think that they might get hurt. Now people think they can get killed even wearing helmets. The ICC has made new laws about safety and even countries governments have made laws saying that everyone has to wear a helmet no matter what.
It's very sad about Hughes..Even an Indian cricketer Raman Lam had died during the play was hit by ball on his head went into coma and died
hes now leading a team in heaven rip phil
I can relate to miachel Clarke comment as I have also lost my friend
Cricket will never get over it
2:15 Ian you forget about Raman Lamba.
Yup