{"id":74652,"date":"2014-11-27T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/74652\/sa-cricketers-tweet-phil-hughes-death\/"},"modified":"2014-12-01T07:42:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T05:42:16","slug":"sa-cricketers-tweet-phil-hughes-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/11\/27\/sa-cricketers-tweet-phil-hughes-death\/","title":{"rendered":"SA cricketers tweet on Phil Hughes&#8217; death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dark day has dawned on the world of cricket after Australian cricketer, Phil Hughes died from his injuries sustained after a ball struck him in the back of the head.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes collapsed on the pitch <span id=\"ext-gen243\">while playing for South Australia on Tuesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div>Various SA cricketers have taken to Twitter to mourn their loss and disbelief:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Heart broken! A very dark day. You will be missed, Phil Hughes. My prayers and thoughts go out to his family &amp; friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABdeVilliers17\/status\/537836176515010560\">November 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Lost for words! Holding onto the fact that he is in a better world right now! RIP buddy! Thinking of Sean and the family! God do your work! \u2014 mark boucher (@markb46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markb46\/status\/537844604906000384\">November 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Our sincerest &amp; most heartfelt condolences go out to Phil Hughes&#8217; family, friends,teammates, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketAus\">@CricketAus<\/a> &amp; fans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIP?src=hash\">#RIP<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/R94bx8m7a7\">pic.twitter.com\/R94bx8m7a7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialCSA\/status\/537832301624066049\">November 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>May you RIP Hughesey. Words cannot explain one&#8217;s feelings right now. Prayers are with his family, friends and Teammates.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPPhilHughes?src=hash\">#RIPPhilHughes<\/a> \u2014 JP Duminy (@jpduminy21) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpduminy21\/status\/537846764565716992\">November 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Woke up to the news of Phil Hughes passing away. RIP buddy. Thoughts and prayers to friends and family. What a sad day.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacques Kallis (@jacqueskallis75) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacqueskallis75\/status\/537847629485719552\">November 27, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Footage of the incident can be seen here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K7QaD3l1yQA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read more on Phil Hughes; career <a href=\"http:\/\/newcastleadvertiser.co.za\/40311\/phil-hughes-australian-cricketer-dies-head-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='47e32a448bae6f47591951c07f363a5c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tragic news saw millions take to Twitter to convey their condolences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":74785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[5799,5800,5801],"class_list":["post-74652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-cricket-death","tag-phil-hughes","tag-phil-hughes-death"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["cricket death","phil hughes","phil hughes death"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}