Australian cricketer Sean Abbott walks with the funeral procession for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes in Macksville, December 3, 2014. Abbott was the bowler who delivered the ball which struck Hughes during a first class cricket match on Nov. 25. The
Australian cricketer Sean Abbott walks with the funeral procession for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes in Macksville, December 3, 2014. Abbott was the bowler who delivered the ball which struck Hughes during a first class cricket match on Nov. 25. The funeral of Hughes began to the strains of a song entitled "Forever Young" in his home town as a nation united to celebrate the life of a sportsman cut down in his prime. Eight days after Hughes was struck by a ball in the back of the head and six after he died of the catastrophic injuries that resulted, his family, friends and a host of cricketing greats gathered at Macksville High School to bid farewell to him. Daniel Munoz

Sean Abbott, 22, returned to the Sydney Cricket Ground to bury the ghosts of his past by taking career best figures 6 for 14 in the second innings of a Sheffield's Shield match to dismiss Queensland for a partly 99 and help New South Wales win by an innings and 78 runs. He had struck Phillips Hughes on the neck by a bouncer at the same venue on Nov 25.

Elsewhere at the fourth day's play in the Border Gavaskar Trophy a large crowd of 27, 639 cricket fans came out to witness the day's action. This was the biggest ever non-Ashes fourth day crowd number at the Adelaide Oval beating the previous highest of 21, 281 set way back in 1961 against the West Indies as claimed by the tweets sent out by the South Australian Cricket Association. The day started with the Indian on 369 for five but Australia managed to get the last five wickets fairly quickly and dismiss the visitors for 444. Australia managed to get a first innings lead of 73 runs. Nathan Lyon took a five wicket haul.

David Warner started his second innings from where he left in his first. The explosive south paw took 154 balls to reach to his second century of the Test Match. He hit 11 boundaries and one over boundary in his innings. At the end of the day's play Steve Smith, another centurion from the first innings, is not out at 52. He is being accompanied by Brad Haddin on 14. Overall Australia lead by 363 runs with five wickets remaining.

The second innings batting display by Australia have made sure that India cannot win this match anymore. With an early declaration tomorrow morning Australia will try and press for a win. India at best can hope to bat out all day to draw this Test Match.

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