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Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards hoped that the Aussie team will play its best cricket in the first Test against India as a mark of tribute to Phillip Hughes. Saying Hughes had 10 years of cricket left in him, Edwards joined thousands of Australians in bidding an emotional farewell to Hughes at a funeral in his hometown Macksville with a live coast-to-coast broadcast allowing a nation to unite in celebration of the life of a sportsman cut down in his prime. Eight days after Hughes was struck by a ball on the back of the head and six after he died from the catastrophic injuries that resulted, his family, friends and a host of cricketing greats gathered at Macksville High School. There has been a huge outpouring of grief that followed the tragic death of the left-handed batsman a few days short of his 26th birthday. (Video courtesy: Cricket Australia)