Thursday 16 August 2012

Thought of the day: Hughes for T20

Looking up the score in the Australia A v England Lions game, I noticed Phil Hughes had been given a bat. And by that, I mean he was the fourth batsman in, they didn't actually give him a bat.

That would have been brilliant though.

Facing possibly the second-best bowling line-up England (& Wales & Ireland) could muster, Hughes did well in scoring a quick 50.

This made me think; the lad obviously has an eye and can score quickly with unorthodox strokes, so long as he isn't facing the short ball, so why not get him to play Twenty20?

Has he told the ACB he is a test player? Shouldn't that be for the ACB to decide? Shouldn't we be trying to win and promote any success in this era of poor average Australian cricket?

Just a thought.