Jason Gillespie says new England one-day captain Eoin Morgan has every chance of playing himself into form for the World Cup while on Big Bash League duty for the Sydney Thunder.
Morgan – confirmed as Alastair Cook’s successor in the 50-over format on Saturday – made the most of a brief bat in the Thunder’s 56-run win over Brisbane Heat, striking 12no off five balls.
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The 2014-15 Big Bash League starts on Thursday December 18 and you can watch it all live on Sky Sports. Here we take a look at the rest of the teams vying to win: Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder.
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Sean Abbott, the Australian bowler whose bouncer fatally injured Phillip Hughes, claimed career-best figures of 6-14 as New South Wales defeat Queensland in the Sheffield Shield.
There had been worries the 22-year old paceman may have been too traumatised to play again after Hughes died from being hit by one among his ascending balls in the Sydney Cricket Ground last month.
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Quick bowler Sean Abbott has bowled for the very first time since delivering the fateful ball that caused the departure of Phillip Hughes two weeks past.
Abbott was given the ball in the 13th over on the very first day of a four-day match between his New South Wales state side and Queensland at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Sean Abbott continues to be named in the New South Wales squad for their Sheffield Shield battle with Queensland on Tuesday.
The quick bowler is a part of a 12-man squad for the four-day game at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the exact same place where his illfated bouncer hit Phillip Hughes to the neck on November 25 – Hughes expired in hospital two days after.
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Cricket Australia has amended the scorecard from Phillip Hughes’ closing innings in the aftermath of his terrible passing.
Bat for South Australia, Hughes was on 63 when he was hit on the neck by way of a ball in a Sheffield Shield match in the Sydney Cricket Ground and fell, using the scorecard saying he’d retired damage.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke has offered Sean Abbott, who bowled the ball which resulted in the departure of batsman Phillip Hughes, his total support in returning to the sport.
The 22-year old, that has played in three Twenty20 internationals as well as a one-dayer for Australia, is understood to possess experienced counselling because the injury at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
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Alastair Cook says every person in the England cricket squad is extremely saddened by the terrible passing of Phillip Hughes earlier this week.
The 25-year old died in Sydney on Thursday, two days after being hit in the rear of the neck with a bouncer bowled by New South Wales paceman Sean Abbott during a Sheffield Shield match.
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Phillip Hughes will soon be honoured having a state memorial in Sydney next week, New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has declared.
Australia opener Hughes expired on Thursday at age 25, two days after being hit in the neck with a bouncer through the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Alastair Cook says every person in the England cricket squad is incredibly saddened by the terrible departure of Phillip Hughes before this week.
The 25-year old died in Sydney on Thursday, two days after being hit in the rear of the neck with a bouncer bowled by New South Wales paceman Sean Abbott during a Sheffield Shield match.
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Cricket Australia has pledged to supply Sean Abbott with the maximum amount of support as he wants after the terrible injury which stopped Phillip Hughes’ life.
Hughes died in a Sydney hospital on Thursday, two days after Abbott delivered the bouncer which hit the Australia opener in the neck and left him fighting for his life to the Sydney Cricket Ground pitch.
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Phillip Joel Hughes was born on 30 November 1988 into a banana-farming dad Greg and an Italian mom Virginia in Macksville, a little northern New South Wales town of just 2,500 inhabitants on the Nambucca River midway between Brisbane and Sydney.
A 12-year old Hughes was already making significant strides in the cricket field, making his debut for the Macksville R.S.L. Cricket Club’s A-Class team, where he played until he was 17, when the glowing lights of Sydney beckoned.
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Former England fast bowler David Lawrence worries Sean Abbott will never play cricket again after Phillip Hughes died from the injuries he endured confronting him in a Sheffield Shield match.
Hughes was struck in the neck with a short-pitched delivery in the 22-year old at the Sydney Cricket Ground, hit in a place unguarded by his helmet as he tried a hook shot.
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Former England captain Andrew Strauss considers the game of cricket hasn’t been safer, regardless of the departure of Phillip Hughes.
Hughes died on Thursday at the age of 25, only two days after being hit in the head with a bouncer while bat for South Australia against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Former England captain Sir Ian Botham says Phillip Hughes’ family should be given seclusion following the departure of the Australian batsman.
Hughes passed away two days after being hit in the head with a bouncer while bat for South Australia against New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney.
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Shane Warne has paid homage to Phillip Hughes, who he says was ‘among the good guys’.
Hughes expired in age 25 on Thursday, two days after being hit with a short delivery from Sean Abbott during the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia in Sydney.
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Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland says Phillip Hughes was a greatly-cherished figure that will be remembered eternally.
Sutherland was talking after it had been declared on Thursday that Australian international batsman Hughes had tragically died from injuries sustained when he was hit with a bouncer when playing for South Australia in Sydney on Tuesday.
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Mike Atherton says Phillip Hughes was fascinating to observe and wonders what his terrible departure means for player security.
Hughes expired on Thursday, two days after being hit with a short delivery during a Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground – he was 25.
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England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke has expressed his sympathy to the family of Phillip Hughes.
Hughes perished in a Sydney hospital on Thursday, two days after being hit in the neck with a bouncer through the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia.
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News of the terrible passing of Phillip Hughes has prompted an outpouring of despair among cricketers around the planet.
Hughes passed away on Thursday, two days after he was hit with a bouncer while playing for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney.
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