1975 survivor Ewen Chatfield delighted to see Sean Abbott return
Updated On: 16 December, 2014 12:35 PM IST | | Clayton Murzello
<p>Former New Zealand pace bowler says devastated Australian fast bowler Sean Abbott did the best thing possible by returning soon after the tragic death of Phillip Hughes</p>
Ewen Chatfield and Sean Abbott
There are several instances of batsmen getting hit on the head in Test cricket, but the injury to Phillip Hughes ended up being fatal.
Ewen Chatfield
The one that came closest to what eventually happened to Hughes, was Ewen Chatfield, the former New Zealand fast bowler. Batting at No 11 with his future captain Geoff Howarth at the other end, he was knocked down by England's Peter Lever in the Auckland Test of 1975.
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