Very very sad news. Unfortunately not at all surprising, but still shockingly tragic. I was half expecting to hear this new yesterday, but I guess they were still waiting to see if he responded to treatment.
Here is a picture of the ball just before impact at the SCG on 25/11/2014 (2 days ago):
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The image of him collapsing following the impact is absolutely heartbreaking and horrible to see.
The trauma caused vertebral artery dissection leading to subarachnoid haemorrhage. We've heard there's only one other known case where such an injury resulting in death was caused by a cricket ball. I guess this means cricket remains a lot safer than driving or doing many other physical activities where there is a risk of injury.
It reportedly took around 35 minutes just to ressucertate Hughes, before he could be in a condition to be transported to St Vincent's Hospital, where he arrived in "very good condition" considering his injury. He was then given a CAT scan and following that he was given surgery which took around 80 minutes to relieve the pressure on the brain by removing some of his skull. He was then put into an induced coma in order to reduce the oxygen required by the brain.
The vertebral artery is the main artery that supplies blood to the brain. A person who suffers VAD on its own has a good chance of recovery, but when combined with the fact that there was subarachnoid haemorrhaging, which caused pressure to build and blood fill his skull around his brain, the prognosis would not be good.
Again I think this is very sad, and that the news will resonate with many people around the world. I personally would have described the injury as an act of god rather than an "accident", because on its own "accident" makes it sound as if it was a preventable injury, and really I don't think this was a preventable injury. The ball bounced up in such a way at such an angle, and in such close proximity to the batter that the batter doesn't have time to react correctly to the trajectory of the ball; we know this is scientific fact that's how and why batters get out in the first place by "misjudging" or rather "mispredicting" ball trajectory. They have to make a decision about where they think the ball is going to be well before the ball bounces. Again, a tragic, tragic incident.
Here is a picture of the ball just before impact at the SCG on 25/11/2014 (2 days ago):
The image of him collapsing following the impact is absolutely heartbreaking and horrible to see.
The trauma caused vertebral artery dissection leading to subarachnoid haemorrhage. We've heard there's only one other known case where such an injury resulting in death was caused by a cricket ball. I guess this means cricket remains a lot safer than driving or doing many other physical activities where there is a risk of injury.
It reportedly took around 35 minutes just to ressucertate Hughes, before he could be in a condition to be transported to St Vincent's Hospital, where he arrived in "very good condition" considering his injury. He was then given a CAT scan and following that he was given surgery which took around 80 minutes to relieve the pressure on the brain by removing some of his skull. He was then put into an induced coma in order to reduce the oxygen required by the brain.
The vertebral artery is the main artery that supplies blood to the brain. A person who suffers VAD on its own has a good chance of recovery, but when combined with the fact that there was subarachnoid haemorrhaging, which caused pressure to build and blood fill his skull around his brain, the prognosis would not be good.
Again I think this is very sad, and that the news will resonate with many people around the world. I personally would have described the injury as an act of god rather than an "accident", because on its own "accident" makes it sound as if it was a preventable injury, and really I don't think this was a preventable injury. The ball bounced up in such a way at such an angle, and in such close proximity to the batter that the batter doesn't have time to react correctly to the trajectory of the ball; we know this is scientific fact that's how and why batters get out in the first place by "misjudging" or rather "mispredicting" ball trajectory. They have to make a decision about where they think the ball is going to be well before the ball bounces. Again, a tragic, tragic incident.
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
