5 players who sustained bad on-field injuries

#1 Phillip Hughes

The incident that got whole of Australia and the cricketing world to rally together and mourn for the loss of a humble and talented cricketer, the incident that eventually led to a hostile Mitchell Johnson to openly show concern for batsmen rather than staring them from down the pitch, the incident that spurred a prolonged show of emotion lasting all throughout the Australian summer and affected people on an unprecedented scale.

In a virtual audition for inclusion in the team to face India in the home summer, a rampant Phil Hughes on 63 playing for South Australia on his original home ground, the SCG, was struck by a Sean Abbott bouncer on the back of his neck after missing a pull stroke. First impression was that he had endured the blow, but all of a sudden Hughes collapsed sending Australia into a frenzy of panic.

All Shield matches going on were immediately called off and Hughes fought for his life, but despite timely medical treatments from the best facilities available, and succumbed to the vertebral artery dissection which led to subarachnoid haemorrhage.

The loss felt from the incident was well versed in the then Australian captain Michael Clarke's eulogy at Hughes' funeral.

I walked to the middle of the SCG on Thursday night, those same blades of grass beneath my feet where he and I and so many of his mates here today have built partnerships, taken chances and lived out the dreams we paint in our heads as boys.