A whole lot of Hughes and cry
Updated On: 26 April, 2009 07:33 AM IST | | Khalid A-H Ansari
It's only the opening match of the County season and the England selectors already seem to be afflicted with the heebie-jeebies ahead of this summer's Ashes series against traditional rivals Australia
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It's only the opening match of the County season and the England selectors already seem to be afflicted with the heebie-jeebies ahead of this summer's Ashes series against traditional rivals Australia.With 20-year old Australian wunderkind Philip Hughes, playing for Middlesex at Lord's, hammering an imperious century against Glamorgan on Friday, the second day of the season, alarm bells are ringing loud and clear across Old Blighty.
Hughes' unbeaten 141-ball century, which included 17 fours, has reportedly incensed top English officials who have maintained that Hughes and pace bowler Stuart Clark (he will be turning out for Kent) should not have been offered short-term contracts with the counties.
They are convinced their stints with the counties will enable the two, who have spurned lucrative opportunities in the IPL to represent their country in the prestigious Ashes, to find peak form in unusual English conditions early in the season.
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