The India-Australia Test series will take place in the gloom of the Phil Hughes mishap. And yet cricket must go on, much like it did before the heartbreak. Hughes tried to hook a bouncer, like batsmen have done perhaps since bowling went over-arm, and was hit, like countless others have been while attempting the stroke. But his passing means that this is the most unspeakable cricket tragedy in memory. It will never be forgotten.
And yet cricket will not really change. Fast bowlers will continue to pound deliveries as hard as they can into the middle the pitch hoping they will rise to uncomfortable heights and challenge batsmen's technique and courage. The bouncer is as legitimate a part of the fast bowlers weaponry, as the googly is a part of the wrist spinner's arsenal.
