Everest tribute planned for Phil Hughes

The Cricket Association of Nepal has made the proposal to Cricket Australia to play tribute to the cricketer whose death has been mourned by the circketing world and sports lovers across the globe.

"A bat belonging to Phillip Hughes will be placed at the summit of Mount Everest as the cricket world continues to commemorate the popular batsman,"  read cricket.com.au.

"A 63-over game will also be played in Nepal as part of the tribute, with an item of Hughes' clothing and a Cricket Australia flag also to be taken up Everest during the next climbing season in March/April next year," it said.

Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards as quoted as saying by the website: "So although we enter the festive season with heavy hearts, the community's response has been comforting and in many ways uplifting."

The world of cricket was shattered after the sad demise of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes on November 27. He was in coma for two days following a head injury sustained while playing in a Sheffield Shield game in Sydney against New South Wales. He was 25.

Hughes was batting on 63 when he was struck in the head by a bouncer from Sean Abbott.

Hughes tried to regain his composure but fell face first to the ground and was taken to the hospital. Hughes made his Test debut against South Africa in Johannesburg in February-March 2009 at the age of 20.

The southpaw played 26 Tests, scoring 1535 runs, studded with three centuries and seven fifties. With a top score of 160 versus South Africa at Durban, Hughes has a modest Test average of 32.65.

Hughes made it to history books when became the youngest cricketer ever to score back-to-back centuries in a Test match at Kingsmead against South Africa. He is the only Australian to score a century on ODI debut.