Dropped Hughes sought Tendulkar’s wise counsel over lunch

October 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Phillip Hughes and Moises Henriques struck unbeaten half-centuries as New South Wales scored 130 for two against Sussex Sharks in a Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket at Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here Sunday. Hughes made 62 off 64 balls while Henriques scored a quickfire 51 off 33 balls after New South Wales elected to bat.

September 25th, 2009 KARACHI - For Pakistans teenage pacer Mohammad Aamer bowling against India in the crucial Champions Trophy encounter is like a dream come true. Aamer made an exciting debut for Pakistan in the World Twenty20 championship in England in June last year and has already emerged as a key players in the Champions Trophy with some excellent bowling in its opening match against West Indies Wednesday.

August 29th, 2009 NAGPUR - Out of favour Australian opener Phil Hughes is in Nagpur working on his apparent weaknesses against the short ball with his coach Neil D'Costa. D'Costa is looking after a cricket academy here and raves about the facilities and future.

August 16th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Former Australian all-rounder Michael Bevan has warned discarded opener Phillip Hughes not to succumb to the "paralysis by analysis" that cut short his Test career in the 1990s. Bevan knows what Hughes is going through, having been dropped during the 1997 Ashes series in England because of similar perceptions.

August 14th, 2009 SYDNEY - A lawyer representing Bec Hewitt, the wife of Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, has said that a magazine that claimed she had a new man in her life was a grubby story. The article had claimed that Bec had a new man in her life going by the name of Minder Mark, who was described as a former fitness trainer from Dallas.

July 31st, 2009 EDGBASTON - Former Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden has said that he and Justin Langer would guide struggling opening batsman Phil Hughes, who has been dropped from the national team following dismal outings this season. Hayden promised that he and Langer would shepherd Hughes and help him to make a strong comeback.

July 31st, 2009 LONDON - Young Phillip Hughes faced the wrath of the Australian team management after revealing prematurely on the social networking site Twitter that he had been dropped for the third Test of the ongoing Ashes series at Edgbaston. Teams are not obliged to reveal their line-ups before the toss, but a message appeared on Hughes's Twitter page on the morning of the Test, Thursday, stating he had been dropped.

July 30th, 2009 WARWICKSHIRE - All rounder Shane Watson will open for Australia in the third test against England that gets underway from today. The Australian selectors have said that 20-year-old Phillip Hughes has been dropped, though an official announcement is yet to be made.

July 16th, 2009 SYDNEY - Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has declared that opener Phillip Hughes is twice as tough as he was at the same age, as the young Australian continues his gruelling Ashes examination on cricket's most prestigious stage. Waugh overcame a weakness against short-pitched bowling early in his career and Hughes faces a similar challenge, especially if England include Steve Harmison in their attack for the second Test, starting at Lord's today.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Australian opener Phillip Hughes has said that he is eyeing off another showdown with giant England quick Steve Harmison, who has been drafted into the host squad for the second Test, beginning at Lord's tomorrow. Harmison twice bounced out Hughes in a tour match at Worcester and England insists the 20-year-old opener has a clear weakness against extreme bounce.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - Australian batsman Simon Katich, who is Phillip Hughes's captain at New South Wales, has said that he had initially doubted the then 18-year-old's Hughes talent in 2007 Katich said he and Cricket NSW chief executive David Gilbert had heated arguments over Hughes in 2007, where Katich believed that Hughes was not ready for first-class cricket - as he could not handle the short ball, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. However, when Hughes scored an undefeated 51 on Sheffield Shield debut, Katich's fears were dispelled.

June 15th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian Test opening batsman Phillip Hughes and Marcus North are eagerly counting their days to become part of the historic Ashes series. Hughes said he cannot wait to make his Ashes debut next month.

June 12th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian opener Phillip Hughes feels that his quick stint with Middlesex will help him to adjust well to the English conditions for the Ashes series starting next month. "It was different, but not overly different," Hughes was quoted as saying by The Australian.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - England's pre-Ashes treatment of Australian all rounder Andrew McDonald has the backing of Australian selector and former master on-field sledger Merv Hughes. "It's open slather - if you've got red hair and freckles and you look like he does, it's just open slather for mine," Hughes said, with the slightest hint of a grin.

June 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Sachin Tendulkar in tie without a shirt, in socks without shoes and with a towel wrapped around him! This would have been any shutterbug's dream photo. But luckily for the Indian cricket star, there was no lensman to capture him in that "most embarrassing moment".