Phillip Hughes has been taken to hospital after a sickening blow to the head left him motionless on the SCG pitch on day one of the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia.
Three ambulances and a medivac helicopter attended to Hughes after he was struck midway through the day. Play was suspended when he left the field and then abandoned after he was conveyed to St Vincent's Hospital by ambulance. Players and officials were comforted at pitchside as Hughes was treated.
Hughes had made 63, playing well against his former state and in contention for the spot to be vacated by the injured captain Michael Clarke in the team for the first Test in Brisbane next week.
But in trying to push along his score, Hughes attempted a hook at the fast medium of Sean Abbott about 2.23pm, and was hit in the side of his helmeted head.
For a few moments he stood, bent over head down and reeling from the blow before collapsing, face first, onto the pitch. Team medical staff were quickly out onto the field, where Hughes was tended to before a motorised stretcher carried him, still motionless, from the ground.
Play was suspended as he was treated pitchside by the Cricket NSW doctor John Orchard, receiving mouth to mouth and also oxygen while players and officials waited for the arrival of an ambulance. David Warner stood by Hughes' side for much of this time. Three ambulances eventually arrived, while a medivac helicopter also landed in the middle of the SCG.
It was eventually decided to take Hughes to hospital by ambulance, which left the ground about 3.05pm en route for St Vincent's Hospital.
A Cricket NSW spokesman said an update on Hughes' condition would be provided as soon as possible.
This sequence of screen grabs show the moments after Hughes was struck by the ball.
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Phil Hughes bends over after being struck. Picture: NewsCorp
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Hughes collapses after be is struck. Picture: NewsCorp
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Three ambulances and a medivac helicopter attended to Hughes after he was struck midway through the day. Play was suspended when he left the field and then abandoned after he was conveyed to St Vincent's Hospital by ambulance. Players and officials were comforted at pitchside as Hughes was treated.
Hughes had made 63, playing well against his former state and in contention for the spot to be vacated by the injured captain Michael Clarke in the team for the first Test in Brisbane next week.
But in trying to push along his score, Hughes attempted a hook at the fast medium of Sean Abbott about 2.23pm, and was hit in the side of his helmeted head.
For a few moments he stood, bent over head down and reeling from the blow before collapsing, face first, onto the pitch. Team medical staff were quickly out onto the field, where Hughes was tended to before a motorised stretcher carried him, still motionless, from the ground.
Play was suspended as he was treated pitchside by the Cricket NSW doctor John Orchard, receiving mouth to mouth and also oxygen while players and officials waited for the arrival of an ambulance. David Warner stood by Hughes' side for much of this time. Three ambulances eventually arrived, while a medivac helicopter also landed in the middle of the SCG.
It was eventually decided to take Hughes to hospital by ambulance, which left the ground about 3.05pm en route for St Vincent's Hospital.
A Cricket NSW spokesman said an update on Hughes' condition would be provided as soon as possible.
This sequence of screen grabs show the moments after Hughes was struck by the ball.
Phil Hughes bends over after being struck. Picture: NewsCorp
Hughes collapses after be is struck. Picture: NewsCorp
