--- title: Phillip Hughes Named Posthumous '13th Man' In Australian Team description: Australian side pays tribute to Phillip Hughes as it faces India in first match since his death. canonical: https://time.com/3624852/phillip-hughes-tribute-match-australia-india/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-09T09:33:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:40:45.279Z article:section: Sports og:title: Hughes Named "13th Man" og:description: Australian side pays tribute to Phillip Hughes as it faces India in first match since his death. og:url: https://time.com/3624852/phillip-hughes-tribute-match-australia-india/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec59e6cf64c2b3cc/69876d913c16390340450851/h_51695669.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Day 1 of the first Test match between Australia and India og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hughes Named "13th Man" twitter:description: Australian side pays tribute to Phillip Hughes as it faces India in first match since his death. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec59e6cf64c2b3cc/69876d913c16390340450851/h_51695669.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cricketer Phillip Hughes Named as Posthumous 13th Man In Australian Team by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 9, 2014 9:33 AM CUT  Tributes to the late Phillip Hughes are seen outside the Adelaide Oval on day 1 of the first Test match between Australia and India in Adelaide, Australia, 09 December 2014. Tributes to the late Phillip Hughes are seen outside the Adelaide Oval on day 1 of the first Test match between Australia and India in Adelaide, Australia, 09 December 2014.DAVE HUNT—EPA by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 9, 2014 9:33 AM CUT Cricket teams consist of eleven players plus an extra player in the side called the twelfth man, who serves as a substitute in case someone gets injured. On Tuesday in Adelaide, however, the Australian side that faced off against India [posthumously added a “thirteenth man”](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30389720 "undefined") — Phillip Hughes. Hughes, who [died](http://time.com/3608551/australian-international-cricketer-phil-hughes-dies-aged-25/ "undefined") on Nov. 27, was symbolically included in an Australian side playing its first match since his untimely death, the _BBC_ reports. Black armbands were worn by the Australian players, who also bore his cap number, 408, on their white jerseys. The spectators were also asked to stand for 63 seconds of applause, symbolizing the 63-run score he had at the moment he was fatally injured. Hughes died two days after being struck on the neck by a quick-rising ball known in cricket jargon as a “bouncer.” The 25-year-old batsman’s sudden demise [shocked and saddened](http://time.com/3609184/australia-cricket-phillip-hughes-death-tributes-putoutyourbats/ "undefined") the cricketing world, with 5,000 people descending on his hometown to attend his funeral and tributes pouring in from around the globe. “It’s going to be an emotional morning,” Australian player Mitchell Johnson said, right before his side went in to bat. The home side ended Day One of the five-day test match having scored 354 runs for the loss of six wickets. Opening batsman David Warner — one of the first players to rush onto the field to aid Hughes moments after he was struck — scored 145 of those runs, in what is sure to be a meaningful, memorable innings regardless of the result. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3624852/phillip-hughes-tribute-match-australia-india/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3624852/phillip-hughes-tribute-match-australia-india/"},"headline":"Cricketer Phillip Hughes Named as Posthumous 13th Man In Australian Team","datePublished":"2014-12-09T09:33:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:40:45.279Z","description":"Play has ended on day 1 of the first match played by the Australian side since the death of one of its young stars in a freak accident","url":"https://time.com/3624852/phillip-hughes-tribute-match-australia-india/","keywords":["Cricket","Australia","Death","India","tribute"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec59e6cf64c2b3cc/69876d913c16390340450851/h_51695669.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec59e6cf64c2b3cc/69876d913c16390340450851/h_51695669.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Day 1 of the first Test match between Australia and India","caption":"Day 1 of the first Test match between Australia and India","creditText":"DAVE HUNT—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cricket/","name":"Cricket"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3624852/phillip-hughes-tribute-match-australia-india/","name":"Cricketer Phillip Hughes Named as Posthumous 13th Man In Australian Team"}}]}] ```