Hughes and Rohrer roar for the Blues
Phillip Hughes' brilliant season continued as his 114 was responsible for New South Wales' strong position of 4 for 278
Cricinfo staff
18-Dec-2008
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Phillip Hughes' brilliant season continued as his 114 was responsible for New South Wales' strong position of 4 for 278 at the end of the first day against South Australia. While Ben Rohrer also produced a century with 109, Hughes has become a major weapon for the Blues and has 635 runs at 63.5 in a campaign that has led to the 20-year-old being talked about as Australia's next Test opener.
Hughes' third hundred of the summer was timely for New South Wales after they lost Greg Mail (4) and Peter Forrest (1) despite lengthy stays. Rohrer arrived to help out in his return to the side and the pair put on 170 for the third wicket to justify Dominic Thornely's decision to bat.
Daniel Christian picked up Hughes, who hit 16 fours during his 224-ball innings, when he pulled to Cameron Borgas at midwicket while Rohrer departed when he was caught by the wicketkeeper Graham Manou off Mark Cleary. Thornely was 29 not out when bad light stopped play while Usman Khawaja was 10.