Phillip Hughes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Phillip Hughes
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 30, 1988(1988-11-30)
Age	36
Date Of Death	November 27, 2014, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, Australia
Birthplace	Macksville
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Phillip Hughes Biography

Phillip Hughes is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on November 30, 1988 in Macksville, Australia. Top order batsman who made his Test debut for Australia at the age of 20 in a 2009 match against South Africa. He tragically died from a subarachnoid haemorrhage after being hit in the neck by a bouncer during a match.

He made his first class debut in 2007 for New South Wales, becoming the team’s youngest player since Michael Clarke in 1999.

Hughes was born in Macksville, New South Wales, to father Greg, a banana farmer, and Italian mother, Virginia. Hughes was also a talented rugby league footballer who once played alongside former Australia international Greg Inglis. He played his junior cricket for Macksville RSL Cricket Club, where he excelled so quickly that he was playing A-Grade at the age of 12 and in Representative Cricket he scored a century. At the age of 17, Hughes moved from Macksville to Sydney to play for Western Suburbs District Cricket Club in Sydney Grade Cricket while he attended Homebush Boys High. He scored 141 on his grade debut and enjoyed a solid 2006–07 season scoring 752 runs at an average of 35.81 with a highest score of 142. He represented Australia at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was coached at Triforce Sports Cricket Centre in Mortlake.

Less than a week after his debut in first-class cricket, on 28 November 2007, Hughes made his List A debut against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. While he was not originally scheduled to play the match, sickness to Australian opening batsman Phil Jaques handed him the spot. Just as he did in his first-class debut, Hughes passed 50 but was eventually dismissed for 68, top scoring for New South Wales in a “controlled” display.

He was born to Greg and Virginia Hughes and grew up with siblings Megan and Jason.

Phillip Hughes Net Worth

Phillip Hughes is one of the richest Cricket Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Phillip Hughes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played for Australia at the 2007 U-19 World Cup.

He was named Australia’s Domestic Player of the Year for the 2012-2013 season.

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 One Day International Debut in 2013.

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After consistently making runs at domestic level, Hughes was called up to replace Matthew Hayden on Australia’s tour of South Africa in February and March 2009. He was selected to make his debut in the first Test match starting on 26 February 2009 at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg after making 53, then retiring, in Australia’s tour match against the South African Board President’s XI. He was dismissed for a duck in his first Test innings by Dale Steyn off just the fourth ball of the match, however he went on to top-score with 75 in the second innings, including 11 fours and a six.

Facts & Trivia

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Hughes was signed by Middlesex on a short-term contract, as cover for Murali Kartik, for the beginning of the 2009 English cricket season. He was available for the first six weeks of the season and played in three County Championship matches, all eight of Middlesex’s Friends Provident Trophy group matches and the first few matches in the Panthers’ defence of the Twenty20 Cup. In most other years, a contract for the opening six weeks of the season would involve playing four to six championship matches, some but not all FPT matches and no Twenty20, but the scheduling for 2009 had to accommodate ICC World Twenty20 and the eventually-cancelled Stanford Super Series. Despite Hughes holding an Italian passport by virtue of his Italian mother, Middlesex resisted signing him up as a Kolpak player and instead signed him as a foreign player. He enjoyed strong success in England, scoring 574 runs in his three first-class matches, including three hundreds, at an average of 143.50. Of his time at Middlesex, Hughes commented:

Did Phillip Hughes died instantly?

Emerging Australian batsman Phillip Hughes passed away on that fateful day, aged 25. He was felled by a bouncer during an Australian domestic game two days earlier. Hughes lost consciousness immediately and was placed in an induced coma.

Who bowled Hughes to death?

Phillip Hughes had moved on to 63 when Sean Abbott bowled a 135 kmph bouncer that skidded on the Sydney Cricket Ground pitch. Phillip Hughes was slightly late on the pull and he was hit on the side of the neck. Phillip Hughes was seemed visibly dazed. A couple of seconds elapsed and the batsman stood still.

Which Australian cricketer died on the field?

Personal information
Full name| Phillip Joel Hughes
Born| 30 November 1988 Macksville, New South Wales, Australia

Who is the cricketer died while playing?

Player NameDeath CauseDied On
Andy Ducat| Heart failure| 23 July 1942
Abdul Aziz| A ball struck him in the heart.| 17 January 1959
Michael Ainsworth| Sudden Death| 28 August 1978
Wilf Slack| While batting, he collapsed.| 15 January 1989

Who bowled the fastest ball in cricket?

Shoaib Akhtar , Pakistan (161.3 kmph) In the 2003 World Cup against England, Akhtar became the first bowler in cricket history to breach the 100-mph barrier as he bowled a 161.3 kmph (100.2 mph) delivery at Nick Knight, who defended the ball on the leg-side.