The late Phillip Hughes shared a great relationship with his father Greg, who was not really his coach, but was always around for his matches. And Greg Hughes was there on Thursday too when family, friends and members of the cricketing fraternity gathered to bid a final goodbye to the 25-year-old Australian batsman, who succumbed to a head injury during a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney on Tuesday. A visibly shattered Greg was seen holding his sobbing wife Virginia as they left St Vincent’s Hospital on Thursday.

Test debutant Phillip Hughes with his father Greg after Australia beat South Africa at the Wanderers in March 2009. Pic/Getty Images.