Hughes, 25, was removed on a stretcher at the Sydney Cricket Ground after a short pitched delivery hit his head, missing his helmet. Australia Peter Brukner medical team said he never regained consciousness and died in hospital in Sydney. Had CPR and rescue breathing before being taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma.

Doctors gave no details on the extent of injuries Hughes, but the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said his skull was fractured and the Sydney Morning Herald reported that he had suffered a catastrophic bleeding in his brain.