‘We had to put everything on hold’ - Daren Lehmann's heart rending revelation about Phil Hughes' Test comeback

The cricket fraternity is preparing to commemorate the late Phil Hughes as his 10th death anniversary nears. It is worth noting that while playing for South Australia on November 25, 2014, Hughes was hit in the back of his head by a vicious bouncer. He passed away on November 27, 2014, after a rare cerebral haemorrhage.

As the world is looking to remember him on his death anniversary, former Australia head coach Daren Lehmann came forward and made a saddening revelation, revealing that Hughes was set to make his return to Test cricket right before his passing. 

It is worth noting that Hughes had been out of contention from the Test team for more than 18 months after the 2013 Ashes before he was set to make his comeback in the place of Chris Rogers in the 2014-15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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Yeah, we had a meeting already. That was all done, and we were about to tell Bucky Rogers he was going to make his way out of the team. Then obviously we had to put everything on hold,” Lehmann said in a Code Sports special report.

“I was in the office (next to Allan Border Field) and they said Phil’s been hit. When we saw the video of that and he’s gone straight to hospital, I literally flew straight down. I just left work with just my tracksuit and that was it. I had to buy clothes when I got down there and work it all out,” Lehmann said.

Losing Phillip at such a young age is a big part of my life: Michael Clarke

Furthermore, former Australia skipper Michael Clarke also came forward and talked about how much of an impact losing Hughes has had on his life and how he has appreciated the smaller moments in life.

“Losing Phillip at such a young age is a big part of my life. I cherish my life a lot more now than I ever did. I enjoy my journey a lot more now than I ever did as a youngster,” Clarke told Code Sports.