Tribute to Phillip Hughes: Cricket fan hand-builds miniature stadium

Shaminder Singh says he spent nearly £3,000 and seven months to complete the structure

A cricket fan, Shaminder Singh, has completed a plastic miniature cricket stadium after seven months of hard work in the memory of the Australian left-hand batsman Phillip Hughes.

Shaminder said he spent nearly £3,000 on it to buy parts of the stadium from around the world.

PHOTO COURTESY: SHAMINDER SINGH

"Money is not important to me, I just wanted to make a tribute," he said, as quoted by BBC.

Hughes died at the age of 25 after being hit by a Sean Abbott bouncer on the top of the neck during a domestic match in Sydney last year.

Shaminder plans to raise money for charity by displaying the structure at stadiums which he has named as Phillip Hughes Stadium.

PHOTO COURTESY: SHAMINDER SINGH

"I will sell it eventually for charity but first I want as many people to see it as possible," he said.

The stadium has stands named after cricket legends Sir Ian Botham and Richie Benaud.

Shaminder said the whole idea was a part of his imagination which includes a garden dedicated to the Queen.

"I took no designs and did not use any YouTube tutorials. I built it all by hand, using a pencil and a blade."

PHOTO COURTESY: SHAMINDER SINGH

Shaminder used the help of his brother in the project and at times worked up to 15 hours, often overnight.

"Whenever I would get time off it would be used to build this, I have worked on this for seven months,” he said.

"It has working doors, floodlights, I used an iPad for a scoreboard and I printed off miniature advertising boards.”

For his next project, Shaminder plans to build a replica of Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.