Phillip Joel Hughes. #RIPPhillipHughes

Phillip Hughes     
Australia
Full name Phillip Joel Hughes

Born November 30, 1988, Macksville, New South Wales

Died November 27, 2014, Sydney (aged 25 years 362 days)

Major teams Australia, Australia A, Australia Under-19s, East Torrens, Hampshire, Middlesex, Mumbai Indians, New South Wales, New South Wales Under-19s, South Australia, Western Suburbs, Worcestershire

Playing role Opening batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Phillip Joel Hughes
Batting and fielding averages
MatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100504s6sCtSt
Tests26492153516032.65286653.553719911150
ODIs25241826138*35.91110075.092491550
T20Is110666.00875.00001000
First-class114209159023243*46.511579857.112646122946720
List A9189123639202*47.25467177.9082336435300
Twenty2034348111087*42.69947117.2101011216160
Bowling averages
MatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10
Tests26------------
ODIs25------------
T20Is1------------
First-class114324140---3.50-000
List A91------------
Twenty2034------------
Career statistics
Test debutSouth Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 26-Mar 2, 2009 scorecard
Last TestEngland v Australia at Lord's, Jul 18-21, 2013 scorecard
Test statistics

ODI debutAustralia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Jan 11, 2013 scorecard
Last ODIAustralia v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Oct 12, 2014 scorecard
ODI statistics

Only T20IAustralia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Oct 5, 2014 scorecard
T20I statistics

First-class debutNew South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, Nov 20-23, 2007 scorecard
Last First-classNew South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, Nov 25, 2014 scorecard
List A debutVictoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Nov 28, 2007 scorecard
Last List AAustralia v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Oct 12, 2014 scorecard
Twenty20 debutQueensland v New South Wales at Brisbane, Dec 26, 2008 scorecard
Last Twenty20Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Oct 5, 2014 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & BowlTeamOppositionGroundMatch DateScorecard
63*South Austv NSWSydney25 Nov 2014FC
7, 11South Austv VictoriaAdelaide16 Nov 2014FC
20, 69South Austv NSWAdelaide8 Nov 2014FC
14, 65Australiansv Pakistan ASharjah15 Oct 2014Other
5Australiav PakistanAbu Dhabi12 Oct 2014ODI # 3534
6Australiav PakistanDubai (DSC)5 Oct 2014T20I # 406
15Australiav South AfricaHarare6 Sep 2014ODI # 3526
85Australiav South AfricaHarare2 Sep 2014ODI # 3522
10Australiav ZimbabweHarare31 Aug 2014ODI # 3521
51Australiav South AfricaHarare27 Aug 2014ODI # 3516
Profile
If a textbook technique was the sole criterion for a first-class opener then Phillip Hughes would be out of a job. But then, the same could have been said of the shuffling Simon Katich. The most important thing as far as Australia's selectors are concerned is that Hughes picks up plenty of runs from his country-baked technique, which includes compulsive slicing through point and slashing to cover, as well as stepping away to provide room for tennis-style drives down the ground. His perceived weakness against the short ball helped him in South Africa in 2009, when he used the pace of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel against them and he was the youngest man to score a century in each innings of a Test when he managed the feat in Durban in his second Test. But after his stunning rise as the replacement for the retired Matthew Hayden, the fall was swift; after he was roughed up by Andrew Flintoff and failed at Lord's he broke the news of his dropping on Twitter. He remained the Test backup opener and in Wellington in 2010 he finished off the win with a brutal 86 off 75 balls. He replaced the injured Katich for three Tests of the 2010-11 Ashes and despite struggling, he finished the Shield season strongly and was first in line to become Shane Watson's full-time partner when Katich lost his contract. A third Test century arrived in Colombo in 2011 but later that year he could not stop edging Chris Martin of New Zealand and was again dropped. Returned to the side once more against Sri Lanka in 2012-13, Hughes struggled against spin on the Test tour of India that followed and although he played the first two Ashes Tests in England in 2013, he faced the axe again after a lean Lord's Test. The Australians hoped Hughes would live up to the promise he'd shown when at 19 he became the youngest to score a century in a Pura Cup final. He had debuted for his state at 18, after moving to Sydney from northern New South Wales, where he grew up on a banana farm.