dermo
International Vice-Captain
that quote tells you everything you need to know about him, what a manPhillip Joel Hughes.
What can anyone say at a time like this? I sit here inconsolable, I can't imagine what his family and Sean Abbott are going through.
The Prince was a man too talented for this world. But if you ever spoke to him, or even heard him speak, you would have little idea that he possessed such immeasurable abilities. That was the true mark of the man, his humbleness. He was the salt of the Earth.
I only shared the field with him a couple of times, but he had that presence that only the true talents have. I'd sit there transfixed as he wielded his bat like a magic wand. His energy was infectious, he'd be the sort of bloke I would have loved to shared a dressing room with.
His loss is nothing short of a sporting tragedy. The fact he was so young. So talented. So driven and so humble. I suppose we can take solace in the fact that he crammed a hell of a lot in those 25 years. 26 first class centuries.
I'm hurting today just like his friends and family would be.
I'll sum up by quoting a small piece of Peter Lalor's wonderful article published in The Australian a day or so ago:
Only the good die young.
RIP The Prince. We'll always love you. Thanks for the joy you have given us.
RIP