Phillip Hughes' Family Wants First India-Australia Test to Go On

Phillip Hughes' family wants the first Test between India and Australia, scheduled for December 4 in Brisbane to go on. According to an official statement read out by South Australian Cricket Association CEO Keith Bradshaw, the Hughes family is said to be keen about the Test to go ahead. (Sachin Tendulkar, Fans 'Put out their bats' in memory of Phillip Hughes)

"In regard to the Test match, (I can) only (speak) in terms of what I've heard, which is that the Hughes family are keen for that to go ahead," Bradshaw said. (Cricket closes ranks to support 'broken' Sean Abbott)

Following Hughes' untimely death on Thursday, the entire cricketing fraternity mourned his loss and India's second tour game, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, was suspended. The sports fraternity and fans from all over the world have been united by the tragic demise and the situation in the Australian dressing room will be understandably gloomy and emotional. In such a scenario, doubts continues to remain on whether the first Test between India and Australia will go on. (Phil Hughes' death brings old foes India, Australia closer)

Bradshaw also said that caring for the players came first at the moment.

"Cricket, everything else is just secondary at the moment to caring for our players, the family, and all those people that have been involved," he said.

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland also had similar thoughts, that the first Test was not even on anybody's mind in the Australian camp.

"Six or seven days is not a long time, but right now with where we all are, it seems like a million miles away," Sutherland said, referring to the opening Test in Brisbane which is due to start next Thursday.