Australia says goodbye to batsman Phillip Hughes

The funeral of the Australian test batsman Phillip Hughes has taken place in Macksville High School, in his hometown.

The ceremony was broadcast live coast-to-coast in Australia six days after Hughes was hit and fatally injured by a cricket ball.

Over 1000 people packed into the crowded school assembly hall to hear the eulogies, including Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and Hughes’s teammates from the Australian national side led by captain Michael Clarke.

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