ON NOV 27, 2014, a great human being and cricketer passed away. I would request people to say a little prayer for the soul of Phillip Hughes.

Hughes, an Australian, was a great opening player for the team. His career started in 2009 at the age of 20 when he was playing against South Africa. He was the first Australian player to hit a ton in his ODI debut.

His career was cut short by a short pitched delivery in a domestic first-class match. While he was wearing a helmet, the ball hit him under his left ear and this led to his untimely death.

As a result the Australian Cricket Board said that they would put extra protection on neck side in order to avoid such incidents in the future.

The Australian team paid a touching tribute to Hughes on his five-year anniversary.

May he rest in peace.

Z. Ali
Quetta

Published in Dawn, December 4th, 2019