New South Wales and Tasmania players and coaching staff have paid their respects to Phillip Hughes alongside match umpires during a touching minute's silence ahead of the final day of their Sheffield Shield clash.

In 2014, Darren Lehmann answered the phone with news that would bear one of the most tragic moments in Australian sport. In a time when Australia is now searching for a Test opener, Phil Hughes should have been entering the twilight of his Test career.

Family and team-mates paid tribute to ‘infectious’ Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes on Wednesday, 10 years since he died after being struck on the neck while batting.

Most cricket lovers will remember where they were on November 27 2014, when they learnt that Phillip Hughes had died after two agonising days of hoping for better news from Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital.