Henriques recovery "going well"

Injured Australian allrounder Moises Henriques has been released from hospital and will likely return home in two-three weeks following the sickening collision with Surrey teammate Rory Burns on Sunday.

Fox Sports News tweeted Henriques’ likely return date, adding that the 28-year-old will undergo further brain scans.

Henriques’ family says the allrounder’s recovery is “going well” after the shocking incident left the NSW Blues star with a broken jaw in three places.

Henriques and Burns collided attempting a catch in a T20 match against Sussex Sharks at Arundle Castle on England’s south coast.

Emergency services rushed to the aid of the fallen pair, and after 40 minutes of treatment on the field by medical staff from both teams the players were taken to St Richards’ Hospital in Chichester.

Burns was released on Monday after receiving internal and external stitches to deep cuts on his head and face while Henriques remained to undergo further dental surgery.

Henriques also used his Instagram account to thank the cricket family and all those who have supported him through what has been a difficult time.

“Thank you to all who have reached out - the cricket family has been amazing,” the Instagram post said.

“Thank you to Surrey - staff & players are terrific people and I'm lucky to call them mates.

“Positive signs over last few days. Good times ahead.” 

Surrey batsman and exiled England international Kevin Pietersen said players were in tears following the incident.

The distressing incident evoked sombre memories of former Surrey player Tom Maynard, who was tragically killed by a train in 2012, as the current crop broke down in the Arundel dressing room after Henriques and Burns were treated for 40 minutes on the field before being rushed away by ambulance.

“I was stood at cow corner and you could see it happening before they collided,” Kevin Pietersen told the Daily Telegraph UK.

“I kept thinking one of the guys will call. Then you think one will stop but then bang, bang. It was absolutely sickening.

“When those guys went down and did not move it hit some of our guys very hard.

“There was some raw emotion clearly visible which you can understand when the team has gone through the death of a teammate.

“When the chairman came in the dressing room and said they are going to be OK it lifted the mood but they were still very upset.”

The match was abandoned following the incident, a move Pietersen wholeheartedly endorsed.

“We had lost two of our players, a lot of players were crying in the dressing room and it is only a game of cricket,” said Pietersen.

“There is more to life than cricket and the correct decision was made.”

The incident has been the talk of the cricket world and brought back painful memories of disastrous collision between Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie in Sri Lanka in 1999.

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Waugh and Gillespie after their collision // Getty Images