RIP - Phillip Hughes...............
Hughes had been rushed to hospital after he was hit in the head in the Sheffield Shield game.
He was admitted to intensive care after surgery, but was announced dead this afternoon.
Hughes had made 63 out of a total of 2 for 136 while batting for South Australia in the match against New South Wales.
He was hit in the head after misjudging a ball from Sean Abbott.
The 25-year-old was wearing a helmet but the ball hit him beneath its rim. He bent over before collapsing on to the ground and was taken off the field on a stretcher.
He had been in an induced coma at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain.
In a statement, Australian team doctor Peter Brukner said: "It is my sad duty to inform you that a short time ago Phillip Hughes passed away.
"He never regained consciousness following his injury on Tuesday.
"He was not in pain before he passed and was surrounded by his family and close friends.
"As a cricket community we mourn his loss and extend our deepest sympathies to Phillip's family and friends at this incredibly sad time.
"Cricket Australia kindly asks that the privacy of the Hughes family, players and staff be respected."
Boy from Macksville makes cricket's greatest stage
Hughes was born on a banana plantation in the northern New South Wales town of Macksville on November 30, 1988.
Phillip Hughes
· Age: 25
· Born: Nov 30, 1988, Macksville, NSW
· First Test: Aus v SA, Jo'burg, Feb 2009
· Last Test: Eng v Aus, Lord's, July 2013
· Tests: 26
· Test runs: 1,535
· Test average: 32.65
· 100s: 3
· 50s: 7
Like so many Test stars before him, his days in that childhood backyard shaped the player he ultimately became.
Hughes whiled away days practising on a pitch where hitting the ball into an on-side vegetable patch saw a batsman quickly dismissed.
Add to that the bonuses for hitting targets at cover and point and a picture starts to form of a young, ungainly Hughes backing away and hammering his family members through the off-side.
When he was just 12 years old, it was decided Hughes was ready to play against adults and he graduated from the local junior ranks to A grade.
At 17, he moved to Sydney to play for Western Suburbs in the elite Sydney grade cricket competition and those in the know perked up.
"I'll tell you this," famed batting coach Neil d'Costa said of his latest charge, "this kid will go all the way."
Hughes became one of cricket's strongest off-side strokemakers, but his struggles playing shots off his body and propensity to get caught behind point quickly became a regular focus for opposition bowlers.
Those issues, contrasted with spectacular form in first-class cricket, led to him becoming one of the most sporadic members of the Australian Test team - something that seemed impossible considering the praise heaped on him during the early years.
Photo: Hughes brought up his maiden Test ton alongside NSW team-mate Simon Katich. (Hamish Blair: Getty Images)
Hughes was one of the most exciting prospects Australian cricket had seen for years when he burst on to the Shield scene as an 18-year-old with a half-century in his first-class debut for New South Wales in November 2007.
At the end of the season, he became the youngest man to score a century in a Sheffield Shield final, belting 116 in the second innings to help the Blues beat Victoria.
"That was a massive deal," Hughes said of his breakout innings.
"I think I'd played six first-class games going into that game. I had six fifties under my belt with no century.
"The press were saying 'can he do it?' or whatnot, and to get the big one on that stage was very exciting."
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Phil Hughes Struck On Head - In Critical Condition - ORIGINAL VIDEO
There are serious concerns for Australian test cricketer Phil Hughes after he was struck by a bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney. Moments after being hit, he collapsed face first. There are unconfirmed reports that Hughes was hit in the chest and suffered a massive heart attack. He is now in a critical condition in hospital. Hughes had been trying to play himself into the Australian test team, following the withdrawal of skipper Michael Clarke.
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