Phil Hughes

The flamboyant youngster from the Australian island made his mark in the international cricket

right from the starting of his career. He scored a blistering ton against South Africa in Durban in his second ever Test. While scoring this century he achieved a land mark of becoming the youngest Australian to score a Test ton since Doug Walters in 1965. In the second innings of the same match, Hughes scored 160, becoming the youngest cricketer in history to score centuries in both innings of a Test match. On 11 January 2013, he became the first Australian batsman in the history of ODI cricket to score a century on debut, a feat which he achieved against Sri Lanka in Melbourne. He also became the first Aussie to score a list A double hundred.

Unfortunately, Hughes left us on 27th November, 2014 due to an injury on his neck during a Sheffield Shield match between NSW and South Australia while offering a hook. Hughes was named and listed as "the 13th man" for the first Test, and his test cap number 408 was sewn under the badge of all Australian players and painted on the field, and there were 63 seconds of applause before the start of the match. Hughes' One-Day International shirt number, 64, was retired in remembrance of him.