Confident Hughes takes aim at Test spot

With a sparkle in his eyes to match the one from the stud in his ear, the pain of being dropped during the Ashes series sure looked to be easing for Phillip Hughes.
The 20-year-old opener who created such a fuss with twin centuries in just his second Test was dropped like a hot spud three [...]

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