The Perfect Send-Off.

When the sun was setting, the crowd departing and the magnitude of the last five days set in, the Australian team crowded around the magical '408' painted on the ground in memory of Phillip Hughes.

Marking The Badge

Mitchell Johnson in full-flow is as frightening as cricket gets. The players know that, the fans know that, Mitchell Johnson knows that. When Virat Kohli strode out in to the wicket after Johnson had Murali Vijay caught behind hanging back in the crease, you knew what was going to happen next.

An Innings Cut Short

Nothing was ordinary about Phillip Hughes. 1000 runs at aged 11 in club cricket. Two sixes to register his first Test century. Another century in the same game at just 19. He couldn’t do ordinary. It wasn’t part of his nature.

Hughes was the incomparable mix of raw, natural talent coupled with an insatiable work ethic and a true, unbridled love for the game.