'The next Bradman': Highlights of Phillip Hughes' career

Phillip Hughes' cricket career may be among the most tumultuous seen in recent memory, but his talent with the bat is undoubted.

In 2009, Hughes earned comparisons with Bradman after his homespun technique helped the prodigy become the youngest batsman ever to score centuries in each innings of a Test match.

Take a look back at some of the highlights of the star batsman's career.

Hughes' maiden first class century

Hughes announced himself to the world with a blazing century against the best attack in the world in just his third Test innings

The 25-year-old became the youngest batsman to score centuries in each innings of a Test

Hughes scored a century in his second coming as a Test match opener

He was the first Australian to score a double century in a 50-over match