Cricket-Former Australia batsman Hughes knocked out by bouncer

Reuters

MELBOURNE, Nov 25 (Reuters) - A Sheffield Shield match was suspended in Sydney on Tuesday and a helicopter flown in to rush former Australia batsman Phillip Hughes to hospital after he was struck by a short delivery when batting and knocked out. Hughes was on 63 batting for South Australia in their match against New South Wales when he was struck by a bouncer from Sean Abbott at the Sydney Cricket Ground. A dazed Hughes collapsed to the ground and medical staff rushed to the middle. He was taken off on a motorised stretcher and treated on the boundary by ambulance staff before the helicopter arrived. (Writing by Ian Ransom; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)