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Phillip Hughes

1988 - 2014

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Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who played for two seasons with New South Wales before making his Test debut in 2009 at the age of 20. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phillip Hughes has received more than 4,949,380 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Phillip Hughes is the 40th most popular cricketer (up from 58th in 2019), the 724th most popular biography from Australia (up from 799th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Cricketer.

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  • 30.97

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Phillip Hughes ranks 40 out of 136. Before him are Allan Border, Richie Benaud, Shahid Afridi, Bill Brown, Sanath Jayasuriya, and Mohammed Shami. After him are Shakib Al Hasan, Tony Greig, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and Shikhar Dhawan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Phillip Hughes ranks 713. Before him are Yang Xu, Parineeti Chopra, Ivan Radovanović, Rudy Gestede, Ricochet, and Babett Peter. After him are Anthony Stokes, Elena Furiase, Floyd Ayité, Mamoudou Athie, Wang Yimei, and Dimitris Siovas. Among people deceased in 2014, Phillip Hughes ranks 581. Before him are Kristof Goddaert, Kwon Ri-se, Marvin Barnes, Yago Lamela, Peaches Geldof, and Man Haron Monis. After him are Elena Baltacha, U. Srinivas, Sam Berns, Misty Upham, Senzo Meyiwa, and Adrianne Wadewitz.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Phillip Hughes ranks 724 out of 1,143. Before him are Judith Wright (1915), Brittany Elmslie (1994), Keir O'Donnell (1978), Debbie Flintoff-King (1960), Michael Grenda (1962), and Josh Cavallo (1999). After him are Rechelle Hawkes (1967), Adelaide Clemens (1989), Chris Atkinson (1979), Dion Beebe (1968), Sandon Stolle (1970), and Mark Renshaw (1982).

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Among CRICKETERS In Australia

Among cricketers born in Australia, Phillip Hughes ranks 7. Before him are Don Bradman (1908), Shane Warne (1969), Ian Chappell (1943), Allan Border (1955), Richie Benaud (1930), and Bill Brown (1912). After him are Ricky Ponting (1974), Steve Waugh (1965), Glenn Maxwell (1988), Adam Gilchrist (1971), David Warner (1986), and Glenn McGrath (1970).

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