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Also known as Phillip Joel Hughes

Australian cricketer (1988-2014)

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Phillip Hughes was an Australian cricketer born on 30 November 1988 in Macksville. Over the course of his career he played for the Australia national cricket team, the New South Wales cricket team, Middlesex County Cricket Club, and Hampshire County Cricket Club, representing Australia in international competition.

Hughes died in Sydney on 27 November 2014, an accidental death caused by being struck by a cricket ball, which resulted in a cerebral hemorrhage.

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Key facts

2009
Middlesex
2010
Hampshire
2012
Worcestershire
Full name
Phillip Joel Hughes
Born
( 1988-11-30 ) 30 November 1988, Macksville, New South Wales , Australia
Died
27 November 2014 (2014-11-27) (aged 25), Sydney , New South Wales, Australia
Nickname
Hughesy, Don , Hugh Dog
Height
170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Batting
Left-handed
Bowling
Right-arm off break
Role
Opening batsman
National side
Australia (2009–2014)
Test debut cap 408
26 February 2009 v South Africa
Last test
18 July 2013 v England
Odi debut cap 198
11 January 2013 v Sri Lanka
Last odi
12 October 2014 v Pakistan
2007 08 2011 12
New South Wales
2012 13 2014 15
South Australia

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Cricket
Position
Cricketer
Nationality
Australia

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Hughes
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Macksville
Place of death
Sydney
Occupation
cricketer
Sport
Cricket
Country for sport
Australia
Image
Phillip Hughes.JPG
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manner of death
accidental death
cause of death
cerebral hemorrhage
date of death
2014-11-27
Commons category
Phillip Hughes
date of birth
1988-11-30
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Encyclopedic overview

Source: CricketArchive, 25 November 2014

Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was 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. He made his ODI debut in 2013.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phillip Hughes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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