New South Wales state coroner Michael Barnes handed down his findings Friday, three weeks after a five-day hearing into the circumstances of Hughes' death concluded in Sydney. "A minuscule misjudgment or a slight error of execution caused him to miss the ball which crashed into his neck with fatal consequences," Barnes said in his findings. The match between New South Wales and South Australia states ended abruptly when Hughes suddenly collapsed on the pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground after being struck by a so-called bouncer, or short-pitched delivery. Barnes also found no evidence that verbal abuse, or sledging, had contributed to the death, but did question its place in the game. "In terms of the scientific evidence that actually supports they make a difference, it's not actually there yet," Sutherland said.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 04, 2016 05:41 UTC