Sean Abbott has told how he held Phillip Hughes' head with his hands after the cricketer fell to the ground, and has described the days that followed as "a bit of a blur". "I think Phillip was a bit early through the shot," he said, in his statement tendered to the inquest. It was all a bit of a blur and I felt like I was in a bit of a daze. There was definitely nothing I heard between the bowlers and Phil and Tom when they were batting." The inquest at Sydney's Downing Centre has heard the 25-year-old's family is concerned he was unfairly targeted by short balls before he was hit.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 12, 2016 01:43 UTC