Lara hopes Hughes’ injury doesn’t provoke knee-jerk response
Brian Lara hopes there will be no wider implications for the future of fast bowling in the wake of Phillip Hughes’ injury. Hughes remains in a critical condition in a Sydney hospital after being hit on the head by a short ball from Sean Abbott during South Australia’s Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain and specialists are awaiting the results of further scans before giving any updates about his condition.
West Indies legend Lara says his first thoughts are obviously with Hughes, but he hopes people will understand the accident was a rare occurrence as well as being a reminder cricket has always been a dangerous sport.
“It’s very unfortunate, batsmen face all sorts of dangers, we can just pray for him,” Lara said in an interview with the Sky Sports Network.
“I know all of Australia and all of the cricketing world are praying he comes back to play and to full health. “I think it’s a sport and you are always going to have that element of risk. This is an unfortunate and rare situation.
“I felt safe playing, but there was that element of risk. I used to say a little prayer in the morning and just hope for the best.”
Lara recalls being hit on the head a couple of times during his career, by Glenn McGrath and Shoaib Akhtar, but he says facing short bowling is part of the game and something he does not want to see disappear from the sport.
“I think they'’ve done their best over the years to curb it and manage it as best as possible,” he added.
“But it’s part of a fast bowler’s armoury and it’s very hard to take that totally away from them. There are some batsmen who feed on that sort of attack and I don’t really believe it’s anything that should affect fast bowlers and the rules governing that.”
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Brian Lara hopes there will be no wider implications for the future of fast bowling in the wake of Phillip Hughes’ injury. Hughes remains in a critical condition in a Sydney hospital after being hit on the head by a short ball from Sean Abbott during South Australia’s Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain and specialists are awaiting the results of further scans before giving any updates about his condition.
West Indies legend Lara says his first thoughts are obviously with Hughes, but he hopes people will understand the accident was a rare occurrence as well as being a reminder cricket has always been a dangerous sport.
“It’s very unfortunate, batsmen face all sorts of dangers, we can just pray for him,” Lara said in an interview with the Sky Sports Network.
“I know all of Australia and all of the cricketing world are praying he comes back to play and to full health. “I think it’s a sport and you are always going to have that element of risk. This is an unfortunate and rare situation.
“I felt safe playing, but there was that element of risk. I used to say a little prayer in the morning and just hope for the best.”
Lara recalls being hit on the head a couple of times during his career, by Glenn McGrath and Shoaib Akhtar, but he says facing short bowling is part of the game and something he does not want to see disappear from the sport.
“I think they'’ve done their best over the years to curb it and manage it as best as possible,” he added.
“But it’s part of a fast bowler’s armoury and it’s very hard to take that totally away from them. There are some batsmen who feed on that sort of attack and I don’t really believe it’s anything that should affect fast bowlers and the rules governing that.”
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