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T_i_B

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7. In the case of Phillip Hughes

Reply to Matilda (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 29, 2014, 01:08 AM

Nov 2014

It's also worth remembering that he had a reputation as being susceptible to the short ball. England's bowlers found this out and used it to great effect on the 2009 Ashes tour. Shaun Abbott was using tactics for Phillip Hughes that were more likely to have been originally worked out by England's Steve Harmison. Some batsmen do struggle with the short stuff.

Shane Warne was a spinner and as such didn't really have a bouncer in his armoury of deliveries, but he did work out other methods of getting into a batsman's head.

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Phillip Hughes: Australian batsman dies, aged 25 [View all] T_i_B Nov 2014 OP

That's so sad... Suich Nov 2014 #1

A tragic loss. Matilda Nov 2014 #2

If anything... T_i_B Nov 2014 #3

We can go further back, to the "Bodyline" controversy. Matilda Nov 2014 #5

In the case of Phillip Hughes T_i_B Nov 2014 #7

A very sad day Fairgo Nov 2014 #4

Michael Clarke's emotional tribute to Phil Hughes. Matilda Nov 2014 #6

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#putoutyourbats Matilda Dec 2014 #10

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