63no. This is hardly the time to attempt an explanation of
Australia's love of cricket, but I expect that by now most countries that don't
play this strange game have heard that one of its brightest young practitioners
is dead after having his vertebral artery split by a freak ball. I thank
Phillip Hughes for the way he influenced my enjoyment of countless drinks as I
worked here at my desk, listening to the cricket on the radio. At his
brightest, Hughdog, the son of banana farmers, made the most ordinary beer taste like great
champagne. In those moments of his most human frailty, which were fewer as his mighty skill unfolded, he could make Dom taste like old beer. Few people have such magical power ... Deep bow with tears.
27 November 2014
PHILLIP HUGHES
63no. This is hardly the time to attempt an explanation of
Australia's love of cricket, but I expect that by now most countries that don't
play this strange game have heard that one of its brightest young practitioners
is dead after having his vertebral artery split by a freak ball. I thank
Phillip Hughes for the way he influenced my enjoyment of countless drinks as I
worked here at my desk, listening to the cricket on the radio. At his
brightest, Hughdog, the son of banana farmers, made the most ordinary beer taste like great
champagne. In those moments of his most human frailty, which were fewer as his mighty skill unfolded, he could make Dom taste like old beer. Few people have such magical power ... Deep bow with tears.
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