Kim Hughes

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Kim Hughes Australia (Aus)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm medium
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	70	97
Runs scored	4415	1968
Batting average	37.41	24.00
100s/50s	9/22	-/17
Top score	213	98
Balls bowled	85	1
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	50/-	27/-
As of 12 December 2005 Source: Cricinfo.com

Kimberley John Hughes (born January 26, 1954, Margaret River, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer and Test and ODI captain who played in 70 Tests and 97 ODIs from 1977 to 1985.

His Test debut was versus England at The Oval in 1977 and his last Test was against the West Indies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1985. Hughes was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1981. He was also a member of the non-World Series Cricket teams of the late 1970s, and it was his involvement with the Australian Cricket Board at the time that would affect his relationship with senior players Greg Chappell, Rod Marsh, and Dennis Lillee.

He came to the Australia captaincy in 1978/79 at the age of 24, when many of the country's most experienced players were aligned with World Series Cricket and in later sharing the captaincy with Greg Chappell, he led Australia mostly on away tours. Hughes tearfully relinquished the captaincy following Australia's defeat in the second Test against the West Indies in 1984/85 and finished with a disappointing captaincy record of four wins, 13 losses and 11 draws. He lost his place in the side two Tests later, having scored just two runs in his final four innings, including a golden duck in his last Test innings.

After being left out of the Ashes squad for the 1985 trip to England, Hughes accepted a deal to captain the rebel tour side to South Africa. Hughes believed he had nothing left to offer Australian cricket, while many believed that Hughes was victimised for his association with the ACB during the WSC era.

Following the rebel tour, Hughes returned to Western Australia to play first-class cricket but struggled, and returned to South Africa to play for Natal. However, his time ended in acrimony there as well, and after two seasons with Natal he retired from first-class cricket.

Unfairly, he is remembered more for his unlucky captaincy record, but was one of the most talented batsmen of his generation. In the first Test in Melbourne against the West Indies in 1981-82, he faced the fearsome fast-bowling quartet of Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner and Colin Croft. Hughes' brave 100* out of a total of only 198 [1] enabled Australia to win a low-scoring match and take a 1-0 lead in the series.

The Wisden 100 ranking of the Top 10 Test Innings of all time ranked that innings as number nine. Since retirement Hughes has been a chairman of selectors for the Western Australian Cricket Association and more recently a cricket commentator on ABC radio.

[edit] Trivia

Hughes is the only man to have hit a six on all five days of a Test match, a feat he achieved in the 1980 Centenary Test at Lord's.[2]

Preceded by Graham Yallop	Australian Test cricket captains 1978/9-1979/80 1981 1982/3 1983/4-1984/5	Succeeded by Allan Border
Preceded by Graham Yallop	Australian One-day International cricket captains 1979-1984/5	Succeeded by David Hookes

[edit] External link

• CricInfo article on Hughes

Persondata
NAME	Hughes, Kimberley John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kim
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Margaret River, Western Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH