Summarize this content to 500 words New South Wales opener Daniel Hughes has opened up about his surprise Sheffield Shield axing, confessing his summer “hasn’t gone according to plan” despite a promising start.The 34-year-old was the Blues’ leading run-scorer in the Sheffield Shield last season with 537 runs at 41.30, starting his 2023/24 campaign with classy fifties against Queensland and South Australia.However, the opener’s red-ball form dipped after the first couple of rounds, posting scores of 0, 6, 20, 0*, 3 and 21 since the end of October. He was dropped ahead of last week’s match against Tasmania at the SCG, a decision that surprised several of his Blues teammates.“I just needed to get some runs on the board,” Hughes told Fox Cricket this week.“I got a lot of starts in the first half of the year and didn’t capitalise and make big hundreds.“As a senior player, they obviously want to see…
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