Free beer ends in two minutes for Hughes fans

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The following people were disappointed: Hughes, his parents on their first overseas trip, the team-mates so desperate to see Hughes succeed and the beer drinkers at the pub in Macksville. The reason for the angst in Hughes' home town? Free beer at the local watering hole until his dismissal. The revelry lasted two minutes.
Undeterred by the wreckage around him, and assisted mostly by his deputy, the Australian captain produced a stream of fluent strokes as he held the innings together.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo