Phillip Hughes was one of Australia’s finest openers who was born in 1988 but could not sustain his livelihood to complete his 26th year as he died tragically.
His approach to batting was especially useful and unconventional, in his test debut against South Africa in the odd year, 2009.
He became the youngest player to make hundreds in both the innings of the match.
His method was very similar to that of a rather aggressive Tillakaratne Dilshan and had no resemblance to the orthodox Rahul Dravid.
A Promising Start to a Short Career
Hughes was considered the natural replacement for Matthew Hayden, and he entered an important position in the Australian team.
Though he did all his promise, he failed against short balls and could not do much against them in the two Ashes series after his Test debut.
Shane Watson became an open order who dominated everyone, and Hughes was out of the side.
In fact, he got his comeback in 2012, being one of the rotating players opening the batting alongside Ed Cowan, Chris Rogers, and David Warner.
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Tragedy Strikes
A few months later, in November 2014, during a Sheffield Shield match, he got hit on the neck by a bouncer.
It caused him to have a freak accident, killing him with a fatal brain injury.
After two days he succumbed to death.
The cricketing world tumbled head over heels because, at that moment of his unfortunate incident, he was struggling desperately to find back his way into the national Test team.
The death of Phill Hughes reminded me that cricket comes with some risks, even when one is celebrating his achievements.
While his career was cut short, this is what he gave to cricket’s history.
Reference: CricInfoESPN
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