Aussie batsman Phil Hughes dies on cricket field

Australian batsman Phil Hughes did not recover from the blow of a devastating bouncer to the back of his head while playing in the Sheffield Shield clash at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He breathed his last in hospital surrounded by family and friends, three days before his 26th birthday.
It seems he suffered a deadly blow from the cricket ball and it went on to damage a main artery in the back of his head which resulted in bleeding over the skull and prevented blood from going to the brain. It was a bouncer sent down by the bowler and Phil could not dodge it.
The left-handed opening batsman from Macksville in New South Wales had made his Test debut in 2009 at the age of just 20 and, the tragic development has sparked a huge outpouring of emotion from the Australian community. There are reports that the ambulance did not arrive in time.
Phil Hughes had played 26 Test matches and made more than 1,500 runs, including three centuries. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the nation's thoughts and prayers were with Hughes' family since a young life was cut short while he was playing the national game and it was a shocking aberration.
The Sydney Cricket Ground, where Hughes' fatal injury occurred, has lowered its flag to half-mast as a mark of respect for the departed cricketer.
Incidentally, in 1998, an Indian cricketer Raman Lamba also died on the field during a game of cricket - it happened on February 20, 1998 when he was fielding at forward short-leg position – it was a game being played Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka, and the ball struck Lamba in the forehead and left him lying on the ground. He succumbed to the injury in the hospital.