SA Footy

whufc wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Stumps wrote:

they all look scared and distressed to me. I dont like seeing people look genuinely frightened

I'm with you, it's not what I want my 9 year old son to see, especially when he loves his cricket and does well at it.

He said to me Tuesday night "I don't think I want to play cricket for Australia now".

Each to their own though, I'm not one to judge others on their views.

It's weird, I have never met Hughes but this incident has hit me pretty hard, maybe the fact we are both left handed openers, same build and have an almost identical batting style (except he can bat) almost makes you feel like you knew the bloke and he was 'one of yours'

Despite it being such a rare accident being a 31 year old who is still playing the highest stand of cricket im capable of makes you start to question whether 'it's time' and how important playing actually is to you compared to family time etc etc

Almost has made reflect on the few times I have been struck on the helmet by fairly sharpe blokes and you wonder how close you came.

Also makes you think about a few things you do and say on a field, was only a month ago I was playing against an opponent and person I really despise and encouraging our quick to dig in a few short ones you never even contemplate that the outcome could be something so serious

Really sad incident for cricket in Australia with not a single positive other than the support everyone is giving each other.

heater31 wrote:

whufc wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Stumps wrote:

they all look scared and distressed to me. I dont like seeing people look genuinely frightened

I'm with you, it's not what I want my 9 year old son to see, especially when he loves his cricket and does well at it.

He said to me Tuesday night "I don't think I want to play cricket for Australia now".

Each to their own though, I'm not one to judge others on their views.

It's weird, I have never met Hughes but this incident has hit me pretty hard, maybe the fact we are both left handed openers, same build and have an almost identical batting style (except he can bat) almost makes you feel like you knew the bloke and he was 'one of yours'

Despite it being such a rare accident being a 31 year old who is still playing the highest stand of cricket im capable of makes you start to question whether 'it's time' and how important playing actually is to you compared to family time etc etc

Almost has made reflect on the few times I have been struck on the helmet by fairly sharpe blokes and you wonder how close you came.

Also makes you think about a few things you do and say on a field, was only a month ago I was playing against an opponent and person I really despise and encouraging our quick to dig in a few short ones you never even contemplate that the outcome could be something so serious

Really sad incident for cricket in Australia with not a single positive other than the support everyone is giving each other.

I'm the same, I don't know Phil but this has got me. I guess having some mates that play at this level and seeing Phil pick up Sam Raphael off the Adelaide Oval turf a couple of years ago after James Pattinson nailed him has affected me greatly. I too have questioned some things the past 2 days and was sick in the stomach all of Tuesday afternoon as you don't normally associate cricket with such serious injury.

whufc wrote:



Yeah it seems like the whole cricket community has been rattled by this

Was at the shops and bumped into an opponent who is an opening bowler who is also a good mate of mine (his considered sharpe not express for div2 pdca) we always have real hard fought battles on the pitch and are playing against each other next week but even he was saying his not sure how he will go bowling and that his really worried about his short pitch bowling (his known to be erratic, there the scariest) especially when the younger less capable batsmen come in

Lightning McQueen wrote:

whufc wrote:



Yeah it seems like the whole cricket community has been rattled by this

Was at the shops and bumped into an opponent who is an opening bowler who is also a good mate of mine (his considered sharpe not express for div2 pdca) we always have real hard fought battles on the pitch and are playing against each other next week but even he was saying his not sure how he will go bowling and that his really worried about his short pitch bowling (his known to be erratic, there the scariest) especially when the younger less capable batsmen come in

B Mc?

whufc wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:

whufc wrote:



Yeah it seems like the whole cricket community has been rattled by this

Was at the shops and bumped into an opponent who is an opening bowler who is also a good mate of mine (his considered sharpe not express for div2 pdca) we always have real hard fought battles on the pitch and are playing against each other next week but even he was saying his not sure how he will go bowling and that his really worried about his short pitch bowling (his known to be erratic, there the scariest) especially when the younger less capable batsmen come in

B Mc?

Yeah, his added a tad more pace in the last couple of years

Great bloke!!!!!!!

gadj1976 wrote:You know, I wasn't THAT shocked by his injury (as some people have said they were). And I think now in hindsight it was because I thought "oh well, he'll be right, after all it is just a game of cricket". Now that he's gone, I'm shaking!

Terrible, terrible set of circumstances.....

RIP.

gadj1976 wrote:You know, I wasn't THAT shocked by his injury (as some people have said they were). And I think now in hindsight it was because I thought "oh well, he'll be right, after all it is just a game of cricket". Now that he's gone, I'm shaking!

Terrible, terrible set of circumstances.....

RIP.