As the Australian players prepare for an emotional return to the SCG ahead of the fourth Test against India, the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust has planned to unveil a bronze plaque in memory of Phillip Hughes, who fell to a fatal bouncer on this ground last month.
In a series of commemorative gestures in the final match of the series starting January 6, the ground will have a plaque featuring a small bust of Hughes placed on the front wall of the members' pavilion outside the home dressing room, reports Sydney Morning Herald. The plaque above the players' race will include details of Hughes' career at the SCG, where he made his first-class debut for NSW in 2007 and played his first Test on Australian soil, against Pakistan in 2010. Sixty-three bats, individually etched with images from Hughes' career, will also be affixed to the outside upper tier of the members' stand. The number represents the score, 63 not out, that he was on when his life was cruelly cut short.