Public Address | Cafe | Access: Phillip Hughes: a personal reflection

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:37:12 +1300

Dear oh dear!

"maim", "aggressive", "flaying", "smashing"

This is Cricket? Right?

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:58:24 +1300

Imagine the regular grief and outrage if Forestry was an Olympic sport...

Kumara Republic

Fri, 05 Dec 2014 02:20:24 +1300

That said, I still hate bouncers.

It's an issue that goes all the way back to the Bodyline tour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OB-x3Jy-ok

Russell Brown

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:41:58 +1300

Thanks Russell. I did see that video at the time. My concern was not so much with the immediate reaction but a total silence from the more general NZ cricket community about another near death incident.

I think that's a very fair point. It really wasn't mentioned.

Don Christie

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 20:52:14 +1300

I did read that Reason article. It was pretty shit. Not because of the…

Ross Mason

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:58:35 +1300

Shane Abbott's grief: I suffered intensely the effects of a sudden death of a team member when I was the manager of the team.

There are two unfinished two word sentences that haunt you night and day, week after week and on for an awful number of years.

What if.....?…

WaterDragon

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:38:37 +1300

."What’s the spirit in which we engage with questions around disability? We talk about values a lot in our sector, but I’m thinking after what I’ve seen in the last few days that spirit is something different"
That last question you have asked is a good one

Russell Brown

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:03:51 +1300

Why not? It’s a cowardly act whose intent is to maim or worse.

That’s just nonsense, Don. You’re seriously claiming that a bowler who delivers a short ball is intending to kill the batsman?

The ability to vary the length of a delivery is integral to the game.

Hughes wasn’t…

Don Christie

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 21:28:47 +1300

That’s core to cricket and shouldn’t be reduced say by banning the bouncer

Why not? It's a cowardly act whose intent is to maim or worse. Maybe we should re-introduce spear tackles to rugby.

Note that the Blackcaps nearly killed a Pakistani cricketer a couple of weeks ago, any reaction…

Sacha

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 21:11:30 +1300

Thanks, Matt. Some feedback from a disabled athlete for you.

Susan Snowdon

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:43:44 +1300

Thank you Matt. This is such thoughtful and kind writing. So nicely put.

Miche Campbell

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:55:17 +1300

Thanks for the reminder that it's healthy to allow somebody to go through the grief process from the other end, too. Of course Shane Abbott is going to be thinking it's his fault Phil Hughes is dead; that's a normal and natural thing in this kind of circumstance.

Hilary Stace

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:30:42 +1300

Thanks Matt. So well expressed.

Public Address

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:30:42 +1300

Discussion from blog post.