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[Wilko]

Did you see phil hughes bat!! great knock while under pressure. he was on a pair but came back with a 77. it would have been good to carry on to 100, but it was a great knock.

[irwinster]

he was out twice and you could tell it was his debut, poor umpiring as very clear and not to refer 1 or both of them was silly,

[Outlaw]

Teams claim for catches down the leg side all the time, and the vast majority usually clip the thigh pad or clothing, so could you explain to me how it is poor umpiring, I assume you can spot a ball clipping a glove at 80+mph when the batsman is moving around?

[irwinster]

i understand it is very difficult to see on majority of the occasions when it happens and umpires are not praised enough but i personally thought both were out in real time, maybe im being harsh because it was the aussies getting away with it

[AtBalfour]

He looks a class act, just like Marcus North, but with age on his side. Looking forward to the ashes!

[stevie]

Looks a good prospect but looks a bit to eager to hit the ball at the moment.

[mac]

I thought they both looked poor

[AtBalfour]

I thought they both looked poor

Are you blind or something?

[Wilko]

they both looked poor, if your reffering to marcus north and phil hughes i'd think you were crazy. it isn't easy facing the worlds fastest bowlers so i wouldn't be so sure on that.

[E-Unit]

Hughes looks a bit shakey on the front foot to me, might struggle when worked out.

[sultanofswing]

by the end of the series, hughes technique will have been dismantled

imo he is seriously overrated, and i would be quite happy for him to be opening up when australia arrive for the ashes!!

[400notout]

Since when was scoring runs about how you get them...?

[Wilko]

You cant blame him for being shakey come on. the guy is 20 replacing australias best opening batsmen matthew hayden and hes under a lot of pressure from critics

[sultanofswing]

what pressure is he under from critics? from what i have read they have been clambering for him to be in since the home series against south africa! i remember alistair cook coming in at a similar age and looking much more comfortable on debut

[E-Unit]

Im just saying his technique will be worked out, good on him for scoring runs and exactly, who cares how he gets them. The point is, for now he may score runs but as soon as he gets in a bit of a bad trot of form, i can imagine teams working out his weakness which at the moment looks like front foot shots.