SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia batsman Phillip Hughes arrived home from a successful few weeks in England yesterday and said he could not wait to get right back on the plane to Europe for his first Ashes series.
The 20-year-old, who spent a month playing for English county side Middlesex, had never played in England before and said the experience had whetted his appetite for Australia’s defence of the Ashes, which begins on July 8.
“I thoroughly enjoyed it and the preparation has been great to be honest,” Hughes told reporters in Sydney on his return.
“I think the big thing that came out of it was that I played at three test grounds I’m going to be playing on and got to experience them before this big series coming up.
“Lord’s was obviously my home ground there for Middlesex … and I played at the Oval as well and Edgbaston. It couldn’t have really worked out any better.”
