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More scans as Hughes battles for life
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AUSTRALIA cricketer Phil Hughes was still fighting for his life yesterday as family and friends kept vigil at his hospital bedside.
Hughes remains in an induced coma after undergoing emergency surgery on Tuesday when he was struck in the head by a bouncer, a devastating blow that experts likened to the trauma experienced by car crash victims. The 25-year-old underwent further scans yesterday but medical staff at Sydney’s St Vincent’s hospital did not disclose the results.
“Phillip’s condition is unchanged and he remains critical,” the Australian cricket team doctor Peter Brukner told reporters. “If there are any further developments we will let you know immediately.”
The injury to Hughes also turned attention on the helmets used in cricket after manufacturer Masuri said the Australian was not using the latest version. Masuri, the UK-based manufacturer, said in a statement it wished him a “full and speedy recovery.”
It said it was seeking as much footage of the incident as possible to be able to see more conclusively exactly where Hughes had been hit.
“From the footage and pictures currently available to Masuri, it appears that Phil Hughes was struck by the ball to the rear of the grille and below the back of the shell, missing his Masuri Original Test model helmet,” the company’s statement said.
“This is a vulnerable area of the head and neck that helmets cannot fully protect, while enabling batsmen to have full and proper movement.”
However, Masuri’s statement added: “The newly-developed Masuri Vision Series helmet, which supersedes the 2013 helmet worn by Phil Hughes, does afford batsmen extra protection in this region — and still allows comfortable movement.”
Cricket Australia has offered counselling to players who witnessed the incident, including paceman Sean Abbott, who bowled the ball that reared up and struck Hughes.
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