Emotional Macksville ready to bid tearful goodbye to Phil Hughes

Adelaide: Although with a lot of sadness and distress, Phil Hughes’ adopted home Adelaide is getting ready to bid a tearful adieu to their beloved son on Wednesday in Macksville.

The funeral will commence at 8.30 a.m. IST.

Fondly called Hughesy, he was snatched away from cricket fans, after a horrific head injury ended his life on Thursday. The cricket world and those outside of it are yet to come to terms with Phillip Hughes' shocking exit.

On Monday, Hughes’ best mate and Australian skipper landed in Macksville to help Hughes’ family in the preparation for funeral.

(Photo: Screengrab)

(Photo: Screengrab)

Clarke will act as a pallbearer at the funeral, which will be attended by past and present cricketers from throughout the world, by politicians and other dignitaries, and which will be televised live throughout Australia.

Michael Clarke has shown tremendous support to Hughes’ family in the emotionally taxing time since Phil Hughes’ suffered a life-ending injury. He, like a rock, was by Phil Hughes’ bedside as he was rushed to St Vincent’s Hospital following a nasty blow during the Sheffield Shield game.

Otherwise a tough nut, Clarke could not hold back tears while reading out from Hughes’ family statement on Thursday after Phil Hughes passed away at the hospital in Sydney.

Reading out Cricket Australia's tribute to Phil Hughes a few days later, Clarke choked several times as well.

Full View

On what could have been Hughes' 26th birthday, Clarke penned an emotionally stirring piece and posted a number of photos remembering his little 'brother'.

Check: Let's raise a toast for Phill Hughes