Australia Retire Phillip Hughes' ODI Jersey
Captain Michael Clarke, who broke down while paying tribute to Phillip Hughes on Saturday, said Australia will do everything in honour of their former teammate's memory.
Cricket Australia has decided to retire late batsman Phillip Hughes' one day international shirt number 64, captain Michael Clarke said on Saturday.
Hughes, 25, died on Thursday from massive bleeding on the brain, two days after being knocked unconscious by a bouncer while batting at a domestic match at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
"I asked Cricket Australia if Hughesy's Australian one-day international shirt number, 64, could be retired, to which they agreed. It means so much," Clarke said in a statement. (Hughes' death brings old foes India, Australia closer)
"Our promise to the Hughes family is that we will do everything we can to honour his memory. He epitomised what the baggy green is about and what it means to us all. Our dressing room will never be the same." (Hughes' Family Wants First India-Australia Test to Go On | India vs Australia Set to be Rescheduled)
No decision has been announced about the first Test with India, which is due to begin in Brisbane Thursday. (Indian Players Wear Black Armbands, Train Indoors | Hughes Was Like a Brother to Mumbai Indians: Harbhajan)