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Kimberley John Hughes (born 26 January 1954) is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia, Natal and Australia. He captained Australia in 28 Test matches between 1979 and 1984 before captaining a rebel Australian team in a tour of South Africa, a country which at the time was subject to a sporting boycott opposing apartheid .
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...
Jan 26, 2015 · Abhishek Mukherjee lists 23 lesser-known facts about the “Golden Boy” of Australian cricket. We are all familiar with the saga of Kimberley John Hughes. Had he lived up to expectations he ...
Jul 16, 2022 · Kim is former Australia cricket captain and beloved personality Kim Hughes, who was in the throes of a spiralling alcohol addiction. It was a tragic fall for one of Western Australia's favourite sons.
Profile. Kim Hughes had an incident and struggle filled career. A man with strong, independent opinions, Hughes refused to be a part of the World Series Cricket parade. He chose to stick with...
Feb 25, 2013 · 25-Feb-2013. Rob Smyth, in the Guardian, looks back at the career of Kim Hughes, a story also captured in the book Golden Boy by Christian Ryan. Hughes was undeniably a genius, with the...
Des Hoare, a tearaway fast bowler for Western Australia who played one Test match, was captain of the side when Hughes made his début in first-grade club cricket in Perth, immediately recognised...
Dec 6, 2021 · With the home side facing odds of 500-1 to win at Headingley in 1981, two stoic Englishmen stood in the way of Kim Hughes leading his Australians to a famous victory — and it's a string of ...
Player Story. Ashes Tests: 22. Captain: 6. Record: 1 win, 3 losses, 2 draws. Off the Mark. Kim Hughes’ time as an Australian cricketer was anything but conventional. An on again off again skipper for six years, Hughes struggled to find his niche in a side that was constantly chopping and changing.
Jul 16, 2022 · With an attractive batting style, Kim Hughes' potential to play Test cricket was discovered at an early age.
