Philip Hughes Farewell a Emotional Farewell On his Hometown As, Whole Cricket World pray for the Young Boy also gives him Blessings and Some people Give Tribute To Philip Hughes.
Macksville : Lead in from Australia Side Michael Clark lead the tributes at Phillip Hughes' funeral in Macksville, where family, friends, team-mates, past cricketers, dignitaries and the public gathered to mourn for the batsman, who died last Thursday.
The funeral service was broadcast live on Australian television and radio, and was also shown at the SCG, Adelaide Oval, WACA and Bellerive Oval, where mourners were invited to gather for a public viewing of the Macksville service. Hughes died aged 25 after being struck by a bouncer last Tuesday during the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at the SCG.
Michael Clarke spoke of the remarkable out pouring of grief that has come from around the world in the wake of Hughes' death, and openly wondered if it was a tangible example of the much-mentioned "spirit of cricket". He said Hughes' spirit was now "part of our game forever" and "will act as a custodian of the sport we all love".
"It is in the brilliant hundred or five-wicket haul, just as significant to the players in a Western Suburbs club game as it is in a Test match. The bonds that led to cricketers from around the world putting their bats out, that saw people who didn't even know Phillip lay flowers at the gates of Lord's, and that brought every cricketing nation on earth to make its own heartfelt tribute.
At the SCG, a line of 63 cricket bats, one for each run Hughes score in his final innings, was planted into the turf, each one inscribed with a special moment or fact about Hughes. "'He was 12 playing against 18-year-olds and even then he was a step above them,' remembers Macksville High sports master Barry Lockyer," read one of the bats.
Macksville : Lead in from Australia Side Michael Clark lead the tributes at Phillip Hughes' funeral in Macksville, where family, friends, team-mates, past cricketers, dignitaries and the public gathered to mourn for the batsman, who died last Thursday.
Philip Hughes Farewell a Emotional Farewell On his Hometown
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| Michael Clarke, Aaron Finch and Tom Cooper were among Phillip Hughes' pallbearers |
Michael Clarke spoke of the remarkable out pouring of grief that has come from around the world in the wake of Hughes' death, and openly wondered if it was a tangible example of the much-mentioned "spirit of cricket". He said Hughes' spirit was now "part of our game forever" and "will act as a custodian of the sport we all love".
"It is in the brilliant hundred or five-wicket haul, just as significant to the players in a Western Suburbs club game as it is in a Test match. The bonds that led to cricketers from around the world putting their bats out, that saw people who didn't even know Phillip lay flowers at the gates of Lord's, and that brought every cricketing nation on earth to make its own heartfelt tribute.
At the SCG, a line of 63 cricket bats, one for each run Hughes score in his final innings, was planted into the turf, each one inscribed with a special moment or fact about Hughes. "'He was 12 playing against 18-year-olds and even then he was a step above them,' remembers Macksville High sports master Barry Lockyer," read one of the bats.
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