The accident happened during the battle in which "New South Wales" took the club "South Australia". The famous athlete was not able to beat put a competitor's ball.

The player was taken from a platform on a stretcher and taken by helicopter to the hospital of St. Vincent's in Sydney. Hughes underwent emergency surgery on the brain and was put into an artificial coma.

Health workers assessed the state of the athlete as a critical and fought for his life, reports France Press.

But out of the coma athlete failed. "It is my sad duty to say that some time ago, Philip Hughes died," said the health worker team Australia Peter brц?ckner.

Match "New South Wales" - "South Australia" was interrupted immediately after a catastrophic moment. Some time later, the Federation of cricket Australia has decided to cancel the result.

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