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Full name Phillip Joel Hughes
Born November 30, 1988, Macksville, New South Wales
Current age 19 years 237 days
Major teams 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
7
12
3
559
116
62.11
979
57.09
1
6
73
2
7
0
List A
3
3
0
115
68
38.33
177
64.97
0
1
6
2
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
First-class debut
New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, Nov 20-23, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Mar 15-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Nov 28, 2007 scorecard
Last List A
New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Jan 23, 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, which was 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, who was on Test duty, 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. From a banana-farming family on the state's 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. He is a vital member of Australia's U-19 squad for the World Cup in 2008. Cricinfo staff February 2008
