The mental strain that plagues cricket post Hughes

In the days after Phillip Hughes' death, Michael Clarke urged Australian cricket to summon the opener's spirit and fight on. "We must listen to it," an emotional Clarke said at Hughes' packed funeral in Macksville. "We must cherish it. We must learn from it. We must dig in and get through to tea. And we must play on." Hughes' long-time coach Neil D'Costa spent the best part of two months away. "But that wasn't the answer," he said. "Because there were 1000 little kids who needed to keep playing cricket, and they were relying on me to go there and coach and say it's OK." D'Costa had welcomed the then teenager to Sydney and remained his mentor until the end. "No one knew what to do, no one knew what to say, and no one knew how to feel," he said. "Ten years later, no one knows what to do, no one knows what to say and no one knows how to feel. "I can't speak on behalf of everyone, but I am still lost. I still just have those moments where I can't believe he's gone. "And then I have moments where I go to tears."