Australian batsman David Warner has stated that late batsman Phillip Hughes would always be in his memories.
Hughes passed away after succumbing to an injury he endured after a bouncer hit him in the neck on November 25 during a Sheffield Shield match at the SCG. He drew his last breath in St. Vincent’s Hospital two days later, causing a wave of grief throughout Australia and the cricketing fraternity.
Warner wrote in his column for the Daily Telegraph that the moment when the ball hit Hughes still replays in the back of his head and always will.
Warner stated that when he looks back and reflects on the moment his close mate, Hughes, fell at the SCG and drew those three deep breaths out there, one almost knew then and there that they had to be prepared for the worst.
The batsman claimed that for himself, Brad Haddin, Nathan Lyon and Shane Watson who were there, they are never going to get it out of their minds. He added that they wish no one ever has to see that again.
Warner claims that holding Hughes’ hand as they rode together in the medicab, and how he saw him on the field, it’s not what he wanted his last image of the batsman to be.
Warner added that Hughes has been taken from them so soon and it didn’t really hit him until he was there at the hospital and said his last goodbye to the late Australian.
Warner also claimed that the days leading into the funeral were just as tough, adding that he didn’t even want to pick up a cricket bat.
He stated that Hughes is always going to be in their memories.
Warner claimed that he knows from now on, whenever he gets to 63, it would be nerve wracking, but added that he would raise his bat to the sky.
Warner scored two massive tons at Adelaide to guide Australia to victory in the first Test at Adelaide.
—ANI