PHILLIP HUGHES PARTING : MEMORY HONOURS

 

SYDNEY : Australia remembers Phillip Hughes. He passed away in 2014 after a ball struck on his neck by Abbott.

Family and team-mates paid tribute to '' infectious '' Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes on Wednesday, 10 years since he died after being struck on the neck while batting.

Hughes, who played 26 Tests, died from bleeding in the brain after he was hit by a rising ball during a domestic match at the Sydney Cricket Ground in November 2014.

Images of the 25-year-old lying helpless on the pitch as players rushed to his aid shocked the world cricket community and his death sparked an outpouring of grief and calls to make the game safer.

Darren Lehmann - Australia's coach at the time of Hughes' death - said the promising batsman would have gone on to play '' 120 Test matches, there's no doubt about that ''.

'' He would've just gone from strength to strength, the way he played,'' he told national broadcaster ABC.

Cricket Australia said Hughes' memory would live '' forever in our hearts '', declaring he would be '' forever 63 not out '' - his score at the time he was struck.

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