Full Name

Kimberley John Hughes

Born

January 26, 1954, Margaret River, Western Australia

Age

70y 53d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Top order Batter

RELATIONS

(brother)

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

Kim Hughes Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests701246441521337.41--92244427500
ODIs9788619689824.00291967.4201714112270
FC216368201271121336.52--2669--1550
List A1481378312211924.20--123--430

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests70685280---1.97-000
ODIs971140---24.00-000
FC216-1949731/0-32.333.0064.6-00
List A148-806122/382/3830.504.5740.0000
Kimberley John Hughes

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Debut/Last Matches of Kim Hughes

Recent Matches of Kim Hughes

MatchBatBowlWktDateGroundFormat
Australia vs U.A.E.11--0c/0s11-Nov-2001KowloonOTHEROD
Aus Masters vs Eng Masters24----01-Jul-2001NottinghamOTHEROD
ROW XI vs India170/4--24-Mar-1995CuttackOTHEROD
Natal vs Transvaal31----11-Nov-1990JohannesburgList A
Natal vs Transvaal4----10-Nov-1990JohannesburgList A

Photos of Kim Hughes

Kim Hughes and Geoff Dakin at a press conference to launch Australia's rebel tour of South Africa
A tearful Kim Hughes walks out of a media conference
Bruce Laird, Rod Marsh, Jeff Thomson, Ray Bright, Kim Hughes, Grame Wood and the team masseur show off the catch they got at Cape Saunders
Kim Hughes discusses tactics with Mike Whitney
Kim Hughes loses his cap while trying to deal with a short ball from Bob Willis
Kim Hughes bats