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| Personal Information | |
| Life : | 1988 - 2014 |
| Age : | 25 |
| Birthplace : | Macksville |
| Nickname : | Hughesy |
| Cricket Information | |
| Batting : | Left-hander |
| Position : | Opener |
| Debut | |
| Test : | February 2009 v South Africa (Johannesburg) |
| ODI : | January 2013 v Sri Lanka (Melbourne) |
| T20 : | October 2014 v Pakistan (Dubai) |
Phil Hughes was born in Macksville, a small town on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia.
His first experience representing Australia came at the Under-19s World Cup in 2007. This success lead to Hughes joining the New South Wales squad for the 2007/08 season. He made his first class debut against Tasmania on 20th November 2007 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Ten days before his 19th birthday, Hughes was the youngest New South Wales debutant since Michael Clarke in 1999. This was followed in the following week with his first class limited overs debut against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He top scored for New South Wales with 68 runs. In his debut season for New South Wales, Hughes played 7 matches and scoring 559 runs at an average of 62.1 with 1 century and 6 fifties.
With the retirement of Matthew Hayden, Hughes was selected for the Australian tour of South Africa in February and March 2009. His Test debut was in the 1st Test at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. After being dismissed for a duck in his first innings, he went on to top-score with 75 in the second innings. This was followed by the 2nd Test where he scored a century in both innings. In doing so, Hughes, at the age of 20 years and 96 days, became both the youngest Australian since Doug Walters to score a Test century, and the youngest player from any country to score a century in both innings of a Test match.
For the first 6 weeks of the season 2009 English cricket season, Hughes played for Middlesex to prepare for the Ashes. Hughes played 3 County Championship matches scoring 574 runs which included three hundreds, at an average of 143.5. But against England, he could not maintain the scoring and only played in the first 2 tests. He then became a fringe Test player for the next year or so, playing for cover for injured batsmen. He was selected for the tour of New Zealand in March 2010 and in the 1st Test scored a rapid 86 from 75 balls. Hughes returned as a regular member of the Test team from the 3rd Test in the 2010/11 Ashes. This was followed by tours of Sri Lanka and South Africa, and then a home series against New Zealand.
To improve his technique, he spent the 2012 English season with Worcestershire. On his return to Australia, Hughes left his home state of New South Wales, moving to South Australia for the 2012/13 domestic season. Both lead Hughes back into the Test side after an absence of almost of a year. He replaced the retiring Ricky Ponting in the no. 3 position. In this home series against Sri Lanka, he made 2 half centuries; scoring 233 runs at 46.6 in what was the most successful stint at the no 3 spot that the Australians had seen for some time. In the same season, Hughes made his international one day debut.
The 2013 Ashes Series in England is remembered for the 1st Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham when debut no. 11 Ashton Agar nearly scored a century. He was aided by Hughes who was his batting partner during the innings.
His sole T20 international was in October 2014 against Pakistan in Dubai.
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