Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes died in a Sydney hospital on Thursday from a "catastrophic" injury to his head, two days after being struck by a delivery during a domestic first-class match. He collapsed on the pitch and underwent emergency surgery at nearby hospital, remaining in a critical condition in an induced coma until his death. He was 25.
Hughes is the second cricket player in the last two years to die from being struck in the head by a ball, according to the AP. 32-year-old Darryn Randall died last year during a Border Cricket Board Premier League match.
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Hughes played 26 test matches for Australia after making his debut 2009, but despite a sparkling start to his international career, he was not able to earn a regular spot in the starting lineup.
After making an assured 75 in his first test innings against South Africa at Johannesburg, he posted centuries in each innings of his second test and, at 20, became one of the youngest players ever to do that in test cricket. But he struggled on the subsequent tour of England and was in and out of the Australian team four more times. He was on the verge of another test recall, with an assured 63, when he was fatally struck.
The injury sparked debate about short-pitch bowling in the game. Bouncers, where a fast bowler aims to push the batsman back toward the stumps with a ball that lands halfway down the pitch and rears up above chest or head height, are still a regular and acceptable part of the game.
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