Top batsman Phillip Hughes has passed away in hospital.
The 25-year-old Macksville local was in an induced coma at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital since Tuesday, after being struck in the head by a cricket ball at the SCG.
Hughes was playing for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales.
In a statement, Cricket Australia says “He was not in pain before he passed and was surrounded by his family and close friends.
“As a cricket community we mourn his loss and extend our deepest sympathies to Phillip’s family and friends at this incredibly sad time.”
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