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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
- Member of team
- Australia Under-19 cricket team
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Image
- Phillip Hughes.JPG
Show 5 more facts
- 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.
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