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Kim Hughes
Australia
Player profile
Full name Kimberley John Hughes
Born January 26, 1954, Margaret River, Western Australia
Current age 54 years 261 days
Major teams Australia, Natal, Western Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
70 |
124 |
6 |
4415 |
213 |
37.41 |
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9 |
22 |
444 |
27 |
50 |
0 |
| ODIs |
97 |
88 |
6 |
1968 |
98 |
24.00 |
2919 |
67.42 |
0 |
17 |
141 |
12 |
27 |
0 |
| First-class |
216 |
368 |
20 |
12711 |
213 |
36.52 |
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26 |
69 |
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155 |
0 |
| List A |
179 |
168 |
10 |
3961 |
119 |
25.06 |
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1 |
28 |
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53 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
70 |
6 |
85 |
28 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
1.97 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
97 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
24.00 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
216 |
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194 |
97 |
3 |
1/0 |
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32.33 |
3.00 |
64.6 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
179 |
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80 |
61 |
2 |
2/38 |
2/38 |
30.50 |
4.57 |
40.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 25-30, 1977 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 22-27, 1984 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
England v Australia at Birmingham, Jun 4, 1977 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Australia v India at Sharjah, Mar 29, 1985 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1975/76 - 1990/91 |
| List A span |
1975/76 - 1990/91 |
Kim Hughes made a century on debut for Western Australia, a poised hundred in his fourth Test, and captained Australia to victory in his 11th: a speedy eminence partly attributable to the absence of senior players with World Series Cricket, but an outcome also of native precocity. Not everything afterwards came so easily, though at his best his strokeplay gave off a reek of extravagance, as in the Centenary Test at Lord's in 1980, and danger, as in the Boxing Day Test of the following year. Between times, there were more melancholy moments: he was a luckless captain during the 1981 "Botham's Ashes" series, and a hapless target during his final four Test innings, which brought him only two runs. Identified with the cause of the Board by former Packer signatories, Hughes was only suffered by them as a skipper, and his tearful resignation at Brisbane in December 1984 after only four victories in 28 matches was one of that office's sorriest spectacles. He ended his international career leading the sanction-busting Australian "rebel" teams to South Africa, a disenchanted, alienated figure, like the captain of the Flying Dutchman.
Gideon Haigh
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1981
Nov 26, 1984 |
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A tearful Kim Hughes walks out of a media conference
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Aug 11, 1981 |
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Kim Hughes discusses tactics with Mike Whitney
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Apr 1, 1981 |
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Kim Hughes portrait
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