You don't get many opportunities in Test cricket, something Australia opening batsman Philip Hughes needs to learn.
![That's out... Philip Hughes watches his ill-advised slash outside off stump fly to first slip [GETTY]](http://media.sbs.com.au/sport/upload_media/site_30_rand_578246884_hughes_301.jpg)
That's out... Philip Hughes watches his ill-advised slash outside off stump fly to first slip [GETTY]
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players on the field, and it's not good for the game, writes Tom
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Taking one for the team or letting the side down?
Should an athlete's personal fears be put aside for the betterment of their team?
Capturing a moment in time
They say a picture paints a thousand words, and in sport that is never more true.
![Sports photographers live their lives through a long lens, waiting for that special moment in time [GETTY]](http://media.sbs.com.au/sport/upload_media/site_30_rand_2074484515_photo_301.jpg)
Sports photographers live their lives through a long lens, waiting for that special moment in time [GETTY]
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![It has been a watchful summer for Australia captain-in-waiting Michael Clarke [GETTY]](http://media.sbs.com.au/sport/upload_media/site_30_rand_568247606_clarke_301.jpg)
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![Even Australia's top-ranked male player Lleyton Hewitt has the blues with Australian tennis [GETTY]](http://media.sbs.com.au/sport/upload_media/site_30_rand_832037070_hewitt_301.jpg)
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