Styles tweeted "Heard the news about Phil Hughes. Thinking of you brother. All the love" on Wednesday afternoon while making his way to the awards ceremony at Sydney's Star Casino.

Heard the news about Phil Hughes. Thinking of you brother. All the love — Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) November 26, 2014

Styles has a staggering 22.7 million followers on Twitter and is followed by well-known Australians such as Karl Stefanovic and Malcolm Turnbull as well as retired cricketer Kevin Pietersen.

While nothing has been reported on whether or not Styles follows cricket, his birth town of Redditch is in Worcestershire, home to the respected English county cricket side where Hughes played a successful season in 2012.

To put some perspective around the scale of retweets and favourites for Styles' tweet, other high-profile Australian sportsmen such as Shane Warne, Tim Cahill, Nick Kyrgios, Quade Cooper and Israel Folau have all also tweeted their well wishes to Hughes and have had a combined total of approximately 900 retweets and 1500 favourites.

We are all thinking of you Phil Hughes. Prayers & best wishes for a speedy recovery to you & your… http://t.co/43RHdwQ08E — Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) November 25, 2014

Hope Phil Hughes recovers and pulls through! — Israel Folau (@IzzyFolau) November 25, 2014

Praying for Phil Hughes and his family during this tough time.. It's a strong reminder to cherish every moment we have with our loved ones. — Quade Cooper (@QuadeCooper) November 25, 2014

Thoughts and prayers go out to Phil Hughes. Stay strong mate. — Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) November 26, 2014

My Support and thoughts go out to Phil Hughes and his family. The whole of Australia are behind you mate. #AussieSpirit — Tim Cahill (@Tim_Cahill) November 26, 2014

Styles' tweet was continuing to gain traction on Wednesday afternoon, with 30,500 retweets and 60,500 favourites within two hours.