Ebook: Phillip Hughes: the official biography
Author: Knox Malcolm, Lalor Peter
- Tags: Cricket, Cricket--Australia, Cricket--Australia--History, Cricket players, Cricket players--Australia, Cricket players--History, Biographies, History, Cricket -- Australia -- Biography, Cricket players -- Australia -- Biography, Cricket -- Australia -- History, Cricket players -- History, Australia
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
- City: Australia;South Melbourne
- Language: English
- epub
Drawing on almost 100 interviews and featuring scores of images from the Hughes family's personal collection, this is a stirring biography about the life of Phillip Hughes: son, brother, friend, farmer, cricketer, inspiration.
Phillip Hughes gave his life to cricket.
And cricket gave Phillip Hughes his life.
When Hughes scored twin centuries in his second Test - the youngest man in cricket's 135-year history to achieve the feat - the world hailed the arrival of a brilliant new star. Here was a batting prodigy from a tiny country town with a twinkle in his eye and a wizardry with the willow to fill the dreams of a generation. But those dreams were lost in November 2014 when Hughes was felled, playing the game he loved.
Told through the voices of those who knew him best, Phillip Hughes: The Official Biography is the incredible story of the boy from Macksville who became Australian Test cricketer 408. It charts the folkloric...