In cricket the bowler hurls a ball towards the batsman who tries to fend it off with a wooden bat. Some batsmen are pretty good and they can keep the score ticking over for hours on end, so the organisers came up with a little trick to inject some excitement into the game. They invented the 'bouncer'. They decided that every now and then the bowler could forget about the gentlemanly aspects of the game and aim the ball directly at the batsman's head. The ploy was designed to frighten the batsman and put him off his stroke, or cause him an injury which forced him to stop playing and hand over to the next batsman.
A few days ago Sean Abbott used the bouncer against Phillip Hughes who got hit on the head and instantly fell to the ground. He never got up again and died two days later.
All NSW and South Australian players are receiving counselling and psychological support in the wake of the delivery. The Australian Cricketers' Association said it was monitoring Abbott...closely. It was reported Abbott was struggling ...
Abbott is running around, all distraught and apologetic, but the fact remains that he deliberately aimed the ball at his victim's head - and he did so in the hope that it would cause either fear or injury. The 'bouncer' was designed to do exactly that. It serves no other purpose - and Abbott did not hesitate to use it.
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