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Full name Phillip Joel Hughes
Born November 30, 1988, Macksville, New South Wales
Current age 19 years 317 days
Major teams Australia A,Australia Under-19s,New South Wales,New South Wales Under-19s,Western Suburbs
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
9
15
3
607
116
50.58
1075
56.46
1
6
81
3
7
0
List A
9
9
2
281
68
40.14
426
65.96
0
1
26
2
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
First-class debut
New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, Nov 20-23, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class
India A v Australia A at Hyderabad (Decc), Sep 9-11, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Nov 28, 2007 scorecard
Last List A
Western Australia v New South Wales at Perth, Oct 8, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Blond hair, shiny earring and a precocious New South Wales batting talent: the Michael Clarke comparisons were always inevitable for Phillip Hughes. He added to the similarity in 2007-08 when he became the youngest player since Clarke to make his first-class debut for the Blues, at 18 years and 355 days - 111 days older than Clarke in 1999-2000. He was installed at the top of the order as the replacement for his fellow left-hander Phil Jaques and made an excellent start with 51 on debut against Tasmania. He followed with a level-headed 68 in his first one-day game, at the MCG against Victoria, and even spent nine overs as the acting wicketkeeper when Brad Haddin left the field injured.
By the end of the season he owned 559 first-class runs at 62.11 and the record for the youngest batsman to score a century in a Pura Cup final. Aged 19, Hughes beat Martin Love when he picked up 116 in the second innings of the victory over Victoria. The rise showed no sign of stopping when he started the following pre-season in India with Australia A. From a banana-farming family on the New South Wales north coast, Hughes worked his way to his first-class debut with impressive efforts in the Emerging Players Tournaments and for the Australia Under-19s, including a tally of 324 runs at 108 against the Pakistan Under-19s in April 2007. Cricinfo staff September 2008
