There was a fitting tribute from the Emirates Australian Open and also the Open Championship to the late Phil Hughes at the Australian Club this morning.

Hughes, a former Australian Test cricketer, never regained consciousness after being struck in the neck by a cricket ball in a domestic match at the nearby Sydney Cricket Ground.

The 25-year old, who had been hoping to regain his place in the team for next week’s Test match against India, passed away on Thursday after failing to recover from an induced coma at a hospital in Sydney.

A moving tribute to Australian cricketer Phil Hughes – the Claret Jug, the Stonehaven Trophy and a cricket bat.

The South Australia-born batsman, who would have turned 26 on Sunday, was fatally injured when hit by a “bouncer,” a short ball that bounces up towards the batsman’s torso, near his left ear and with the 8 once leather covered ball somehow evading the cricketer’s helmet as he swiveled to play a shot.

The Australian Test Team doctor Peter Brukner indicated on Thursday Hughes had suffered a “massive bleed into his brain” during the game on Tuesday afternoon.

Among those leading the tributes was the Australian Prime Minister plus some of the greats of cricket including the current Australian Test Captain Michael Clarke along with India great Sachin Tendukar and England’s Ian Botham.

And given Australia’s fondness for all things sport there was little hesitation on the part of Australian Open organisers to honour Hughes memory by asking players and caddies to wear black ribbons as a mark of respect.

Australian cricketer Phil Hughes who passed away on Friday.