Phillip Hughes

Who is Phillip Hughes?

Phillip Joel Hughes is an Australian Test and One-Day International cricketer who, as of 2013, plays domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He is a left-handed opening batsman who played for two seasons with New South Wales before making his Test debut in 2009 at the age of 20.

During the 2009 Ashes series in England, he was dropped from the team due to perceived weakness against the short ball, and replaced by Shane Watson. He was selected to play against Pakistan in January 2010, and against New Zealand in March 2010, when he made 86 not out in a second-innings run-chase.

In the 2010/11 Ashes series, Hughes was initially omitted from a 17-man Test squad but was selected in the third Test in Perth following an injury to Simon Katich. Hughes performed relatively poorly in the series but was retained for Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in August/September 2011 following some good end of season form in 2010/11 for New South Wales. Hughes scored 126 in the third and final Test of the series against Sri Lanka and scored 88 in the subsequent Australia tour of South Africa.