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Craig HillPhillip Hughes Named Bradman Young Cricketer
February 4th 2009 11:34
The star of gun NSW opener Phillip Hughes continued rising on Tuesday night when he was named Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at the Allan Border Medal presentation in Melbourne.
Touted as a Test player of the future, Hughes scored 1405 runs at an average of 45.32 during the voting period, more than double his nearest rival, to become the 10th recipient of the award.
The 20-year-old collected 78 votes to win from Victorian paceman Peter Siddle, who collected 39 votes, and South Australian opener Tom Cooper on four.
Hughes joins a star-studded honour roll which includes Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken and Shane Watson, all of whom have played for Australia in the three different forms of the game.
The award is open to any player under the age of 24 who had not played more than 10 first-class matches before January 25 2008.
Hughes has hardly put a foot wrong since making his first-class debut last season, which culminated in a century in the Pura Cup final against Victoria.
"I think I scored six 50s in six games leading up to that Pura Cup final so there was talk he can get starts but can he get on with the big one," said Hughes, who has been part of champion Pura Cup and KFC Twenty20 Big Bash sides in the past 12 months.
"And that made me really hungry to get the big one and that happened to be in the Pura Cup final which was a great thing."
"It's definitely been an exciting two years for myself and New South Wales cricket."
Touted as a Test player of the future, Hughes scored 1405 runs at an average of 45.32 during the voting period, more than double his nearest rival, to become the 10th recipient of the award.
The 20-year-old collected 78 votes to win from Victorian paceman Peter Siddle, who collected 39 votes, and South Australian opener Tom Cooper on four.
Hughes joins a star-studded honour roll which includes Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken and Shane Watson, all of whom have played for Australia in the three different forms of the game.
The award is open to any player under the age of 24 who had not played more than 10 first-class matches before January 25 2008.
Hughes has hardly put a foot wrong since making his first-class debut last season, which culminated in a century in the Pura Cup final against Victoria.
"I think I scored six 50s in six games leading up to that Pura Cup final so there was talk he can get starts but can he get on with the big one," said Hughes, who has been part of champion Pura Cup and KFC Twenty20 Big Bash sides in the past 12 months.
"And that made me really hungry to get the big one and that happened to be in the Pura Cup final which was a great thing."
"It's definitely been an exciting two years for myself and New South Wales cricket."
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