“Phil Hughes was a very humble guy, and a fighter when it came to cricket”
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Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has admitted that “it hasn’t really been easy to concentrate” following the death of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes.
“We had something in common, both being left-handed opening batsman and his love of farming as well”
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England captain Alastair Cook has become the latest cricketer to pay tribute to Australia batsman Phillip Hughes.
The date of the memorial has yet to be confirmed
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New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has announced that Australia batsman Phillip Hughes will be honoured with a state memorial in Sydney next week.
“Statistics say it’s clearly a freak incident but one freak incident is one freak incident too many”
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Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland had announced that the board will be launching an investigation into player safety following the tragic death of batsman Phillip Hughes.
“You worry that this could jeopardize Sean Abbott and his cricket career and we don’t want that”
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Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has made it clear that the board will provide New South Wales pace bowler Sean Abbott “with all the support he needs”.
“The whole of Australia is mourning because he was a fighter”
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Former Australia batsman Michael Slater has become the latest cricketer to pay tribute to batsman Phillip Hughes.
“We’re going to focus on people first rather than the cricket”
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There are still doubts about whether the first Test between Australia and India at the Gabba in Brisbane will go ahead as planned since the country is still mourning about the loss of batsman Phillip Hughes.
“To ask guys like Haddin, Lyon and Watson, who were playing in the game and holding their dying friend on the SCG turf, to strap on their pads might be asking too much”
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Following the tragic death of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes, former England captain Nasser Hussain has announced that it will be hard to convince some of the Australian players to represent their country in the first Test against India in Brisbane.
“He was a born entertainer the way he attacked bowlers”
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen believes that Australia batsman Phillip Hughes “was on course to do some great things for Australia”.
“I would hate to see a situation where bowlers can’t bowl short balls”
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Former England captain Andrew Strauss believes that the game of cricket has never been safer, despite the death of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes.
