Calcutta/Melbourne: Australian cricketer Sean Abbott, who bowled the fatal bouncer that killed Phillip Hughes, was involved in another chilling incident that felled a batsman in the domestic Sheffield Shield on Sunday.

Fast bowler Abbott, playing for New South Wales, bowled a short ball that struck the helmet of Will Pucovski, forcing the Victorian batsman to retire at Melbourne's Junction Oval.

It took Pucovski several minutes to get to his feet after treatment before he was helped off the ground by medical and physio staff, seemingly struggling to keep his balance, reports said.

It was a harrowing moment for Abbott, who bowled the bouncer that struck former Australia Test batsman Hughes on his neck at the Sydney Cricket Ground in November 2014, which tragically led to his death.

An emotional Abbott took time to regain his composure after the sickening incident before resuming his bowling spell. Pucovski is regarded as one of Australia's most promising young batsmen. At just 20 years old, has a history of concussion-related incidents.

According to a report on cricket.com.au, Pucovski's first, and most serious, concussion injury came during football training at high school when the lightly built youth was flung in a sling tackle and his head slammed into the knee of another player, the severity of that blow consigning him to six months away from any sporting activity.

On his return to cricket, he sustained further blows. Hit while batting at training, struck by an errant ball that rifled from an adjoining practice net, even cracking his head on a door at his Hampton home.

Those incidents had left him unwell, unsteady and unable to devote the time to training as required by one driven to succeed in professional sport.

He recovered to star in the national under-19 championships in 2016, plundering 650 runs to set a new run-scoring record, ill fortune struck again on his Sheffield Shield debut against New South Wales little more than 12 months ago.