Australian
cricketer Phil Hughes is fighting for his life in a Sydney hospital
after being knocked unconscious by a bouncer that struck him on the head
during a Sheffield Shield match on Tuesday.
The
batsman, who has played in 26 Tests for Australia including three Ashes
series, has had surgery and is in an induced coma in intensive care.
The
25-year-old, playing for South Australia against New South Wales at the
Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), was struck on the side of his helmet by a
Sean Abbott delivery and collapsed face-first to the ground shortly
afterwards. #WATCH video below...
It
is now a tense wait for the loved ones and cricketing colleagues who
rushed to his bedside to hear if Hughes' surgery was successful. His
family has released a statement which said 'the outcome of that surgery
is unlikely to be known for the next 24 to 48 hours.'
Horrified
spectators watched as paramedics performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
on the batsman and treated him on the boundary for around 40 minutes.
He was then taken from the field on a medicab and flown to St Vincent's
Hospital by helicopter.
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