Phillip Hughes Died On This Day 10 Years Ago: The game of cricket is very fun to play and watch, but sometimes cricket also becomes a deadly game. 10 years ago on this day (27 November) a cricketer in Australia lost his life after being hit by a ball. The name of that cricketer was Philip Hughes.
In 2014, a bouncer ball became the cause of Hughes’ death. Today marks 10 years since Hughes passed away. Phillip Hughes, who played all three formats for Australia, was hit by the ball while playing a first class match.
Remained unbeaten forever at 63*
A first class match was being played between South Australia and New South Wales. Hughes was part of South Australia in the match. Batting in the first innings of South Australia in the match, he scored 63* runs with the help of 9 fours, after which Hughes got injured on the ball of Australian fast bowler Sean Abbott.
He was taken to the hospital after being hit by the ball, but he lost the battle for his life and on November 27, Hughes said goodbye to this world. 27th November is also called the black day in cricket history.
Phillip Hughes’ career
Phillip Hughes played 26 Tests, 25 ODIs and 1 T20 International match in his international career. In 49 innings of Test, he scored 1535 runs at an average of 32.65. During this period, he scored 3 centuries and 7 half-centuries, in which his high score was 160 runs.
Apart from this, he scored 826 runs in 24 innings of ODI at an average of 35.91. During this, he scored 2 centuries and 4 half-centuries, in which the high score was 138* runs. In his only T20 International match, Hughes scored 6 runs.
Whereas Philip Hughes played 114 first class matches in his career. In 209 innings of these matches, he scored 9023 runs at an average of 46.51. During this period he scored 26 centuries and 46 half-centuries.
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