1 Aug 2009

Dropped opening batsman red faced after manager's error

12:55 pm on 1 August 2009

The young Australian opening batsman Phillip Hughes was left red-faced after his manager leaked news of his axing 12 hours before the scheduled start of the third Ashes crcket test against England in Birmingham.

Hughes was quoted on his Twitter page saying he'd been dropped from the playing 11, and his manager Neil D'Costa admitted responsibility for the error.