At the SCG 25th November 2014: An Aussie Cricketing Birth … and a Tragic Death

 David Warner with his daughter and fiancee during the Sheffield Shield match, New South Wales v South Australia, Sheffield Shield, 1st day, November 25, 2014 ©Cricket Australia.

BUT later that momentous day Philip Hughes was felled by a bouncer which hit him on the neck like a killer punch as he ducked.  He died without recovering consciousness.

	South Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	PJ Hughes	not out	63	204	161	9	0	39.13
	MJ Cosgrove	c O’Keefe b Lyon	32	98	68	6	0	47.05
	CJ Ferguson	c †Haddin b Bollinger	28	69	41	4	0	68.29
	TLW Cooper	not out	5	35	22	0	0	22.72
	Extras	(lb 6, w 1, nb 1)	8
	Total	(2 wickets; 48.3 overs; 204 mins)	136	(2.80 runs per over)

Did not batTM Head, TP Ludeman†, J Botha*, JM Mennie, A Zampa, CJ Sayers, DJ Worrall

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Fall of wickets 1-61 (Cosgrove, 23.4 ov), 2-122 (Ferguson, 40.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MA Starc	10	3	24	0	2.40	(1nb)
	DE Bollinger	10	1	32	1	3.20	(1w)
	NM Lyon	15	5	31	1	2.06
	SA Abbott	9.3	3	29	0	3.05
	SR Watson	3	1	5	0	1.66
	SNJ O’Keefe	1	0	9	0	9.00

	New South Wales team

DA Warner, SR Watson, NJ Maddinson, PM Nevill, BJ Haddin*†, SNJ O’Keefe, SA Abbott, NM Lyon, DE Bollinger, SO Henry, MA Starc

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