Oz broadcaster Jones reveals Hughes' brain is 'very sick' and they 'pray for miracles'

Australian radio broadcaster Alan Jones has revealed that Philip Hughes' condition is much more serious than anyone had imagined and they pray for miracles as the batsman's brain is very sick.

Jones visited Australia batsman Hughes, who lays in an induced coma. A steady stream of visitors has come to the stricken cricketer to help him in his fight for life.

Jones revealed that Hughes is breathing only with the assistance of medical technology and his condition is much more serious than anyone had imagined after damaging a major artery in the back of his head, The Daily Express reported.

Jones said that Thursday is a critical day, adding that he repeats that this is much more serious than anyone imagined. He added that medical technology is currently breathing for the stricken cricketer.

The broadcaster also said that the neurology is very, very bad, or in the language that the layman understands, the brain is very sick and added that they pray for miracles.

Jones said that Hughes has suffered damage to a major artery in the back of his head and that caused bleeding over the skull and prevented blood from going to the brain.

Michael Clarke, Australia's cricket captain, has been a near-constant presence, only leaving at midnight on Wednesday, before returning to St Vincent's Hospital on Thursday morning.

Matthew Wade and Aaron Finch arrived from interstate on Thursday to visit Hughes, keeping emotions in check as they walked into the hospital's main entrance.

Also at the hospital was Hughes' housemate Tom Cooper, who was batting with him at the time he was struck, and former Test captains Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh.

Hughes remains in a critical condition, in an induced coma, after being struck by a ball during South Australia's Sheffield Shield match with NSW at the SCG on Tuesday. He underwent surgery the same day to relieve pressure on his brain, and doctors said that they expected to know the outcome of the procedure by Thursday, the report added.