A personal reflection on the impact of Phillip Hughes's death on the author, a cricket journalist balancing paternity leave with the news of the tragic event. The author recounts the emotional weight of Hughes's passing, the surreal experience of returning to cricket coverage amidst grief, and the preciousness of family time experienced during a cricket tour of England.
Listening to the radio as I walked the footpaths of Leichhardt and Annandale with my newborn son wrapped to my chest, I still remember the update coming through.
But I was just beginning a period of paternity leave, eager to throw myself into parenthood for the first time and content to take a break from the cricket circuit that was my summer staple. I didn’t know Hughes well, but my interactions with him and his country-boy charm were such that I had found myself hoping he would win a recall to the Australian team, as I had when he’d been dropped by selectors before.His fatal felling left a sickness in my stomach, but not because of my minor connection with him.
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