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Hughes was an 'outstanding talent' - Cook

Saturday, November 29 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    England captain Alastair Cook commented on the death of Phil Hughes on Friday.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Alastair Cook, England captain:

    "A really, really sad day yesterday. A tragic day for cricket and words I say here ain't going to do any justice really. Incredibly sad changing room for us and all our thoughts are with the Hughes' family and obviously those Australia players who knew him so well and obviously all his family and friends as well."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Alastair Cook, England captain:

    "As we know this was a real tragic accident. I don't think this should change the way cricket plays - or the way we play cricket at all because I don't think that is the right way to go about it. I think we have got to make sure that we keep working as hard as we can with the manufacturers and the authorities to make cricket as safe as we can. This is a reminder to everyone that we can't take anything for granted and we have got to keep trying to improve player safety even though there have been improvements even since I started playing cricket have gone through the roof in terms of.... especially helmets and the technology going into there and we have just got to keep working as hard as we can."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Alastair Cook, England captain:

    "Well I remember him as an outstanding talent. I remember talking to him a fair bit after the series in 2013 and obviously, both being left-handed batsman we probably went about things in a very different way, but still would pick each other's brains and his love of farming as well.... with his cattle, gave us some ground to talk on. As I said, he was one of the guys I would have chatted to at the end of the game because of that."

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