A couple embraces as mourners gather at the Sydney Cricket Ground to watch the funeral for cricketer Phillip Hughes in Sydney. Photo / AP.
After the emotion of Phillip Hughes' funeral, Australia's cricketers now face the testing task of preparing for next week's first Test in Adelaide.
A who's who of past and present cricketers joined locals in farewelling the 25-year-old in Macksville on the NSW north coast on Wednesday.
But with the schedule
already shunted back to allow players time to mourn, the show must now go on for the distraught playing group.
Not that thoughts of Hughes will be far from the team during a busy summer that includes a home World Cup campaign.
The first Test against India starting in Adelaide on Tuesday will be particularly poignant as it will be played at Hughes' adopted Adelaide Oval.
