By Greg Buckle
November 2nd 2009 @ 5:20am
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Hughes, Jaques make statements in easy Blues win
Phillip Hughes edged closer to a Test recall and Phil Jaques made a strong return from injury as NSW cruised to victory over Western Australia in their one-day cup clash at North Sydney Oval.
The seven-wicket win with a bonus point lifted the Blues to second on the table with five points after just one match, [...]
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Jameswm said | November 3rd 2009 @ 10:36am | Report comment
I watched a fair bit of that. I wouldn’t go so far as to say Jaques made Hughes seem like a hack, but he certainly outbatted him.