Injuries In Cricket That Ended Careers

#2 Phil Hughes(Australia)

Phil Hughes

During the afternoon session of the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 25 November 2014, Hughes who was batting at 63, was struck in the neck by the ball after missing an attempted hook shot to a bouncer from New South Wales bowler Sean Abbott. Hughes was wearing a helmet, but the ball bowled by Abbott struck an unprotected area just below his left ear.

He collapsed before receiving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and was subsequently taken to St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, where he underwent surgery and was placed into an induced coma. Hughes' injury was a rare but described type of sport-related blunt-force cerebrovascular injury called a vertebral artery dissection which led to subarachnoid hemorrhage. On the morning of November 27, 2014, the doctors declared him dead thus bringing an end to what would have been an illustrious career.