Sheffield Shield round cancelled after Phillip Hughes horror Adelaide: The two remaining active Sheffield Shield matches have been abandoned in the aftermath of the life-threatening injury suffered by Phillip Hughes. While the match at the SCG between NSW and South Australia had already been abandoned, due to the severe head injury suffered there by the Redbacks' Hughes mid-way through day one, concurrent matches which began on Tuesday at the MCG and Allan Border Field continued. Cricket Australia's general manager of team performance Pat Howard said in a statement: "We've spoken to players and the ACA, and given how players across the country are feeling right now, it's just not the day to be playing cricket and we understand that. The thoughts of his teammates and the wider cricket community are with Phillip and his family and friends at this difficult time," Howard said. The statement said that one point would be awarded to each team playing in an abandoned match. As of Tuesday evening only the NSW-SA match had been abandoned, with Cricket Australia intending to let the captains and coaches of the four remaining teams make independent decisions on whether to continue their matches. Some players in those matches, respectively between Victoria and Western Australia and between Queensland and Tasmania, made contact with their union, the Australian Cricketers' Association, canvassing the potential for the either the match they were playing in or the round as a whole to be cancelled. Some ACA staff travelled to Sydney, the site of the incident and where Hughes is being treated, to be joined on Wednesday morning by the ACA's recently appointed chief executive, Alistair Nicholson. While the ACA declined to comment late on Tuesday night it is believed its advice to players and coaches regarding the situation was to refrain from immediately making a decision and instead sleep on it, with the intention of discussing the situation on Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, there was not a uniform stance among players. While some expressed a wish to withdraw as a gesture of respect and solidarity for Hughes others felt playing on through the emotional adversity is more in keeping with Hughes' approach to the game. The health of Hughes' was widely acknowledged by players as undoubtedly the most important issue in their decision-making process. Well below that was consideration that continuing the other two matches would give the other four teams an opportunity to secure points in the shield table not available to NSW and SA. Victorian all-rounder John Hastings said: "It made me feel sick. I know Phil quite well and so do a lot of the other guys in our changeroom. It hit us pretty hard and we went out after the [tea] break and it was pretty flat out there. I just hope he's OK, that's the only thing you can possibly do I suppose. Shaun Marsh said he struggled to comprehend what had happened to Hughes. It's left everyone flat. I can't put words to it. It's just so sad and I wish him all the best. I just hope he pulls through and our thoughts are with him and his family. I can't comprehend it, and the whole cricket family is thinking about Phil Hughes at the moment. As the Blues-Redbacks match was abandoned in the 49th over, with neither team reaching either the 200-run or five-wicket threshold for bonus points to apply, both teams are in the same position points-wise. As of the end of day one WA had 0.87 points and Victoria 0.5 points, while Queensland was well on top with 1.5 points compared to Tasmania's 0.17.