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Hughes to be honoured at first Test in Adelaide

Cricket Australia has announced a range of tributes to honour the late Phillip Hughes ahead of Tuesday’s first Test against India in Adelaide.

The Australia players will wear Hughes’s Test cap number 408 on their shirts for the match. Players and team management will also wear black armbands.

The Australia and India teams will stand before a large “408” painted on the playing surface as a video tribute narrated by former Australia Test captain Richie Benaud is played on the stadium’s screens.

Then the teams and spectators will be asked to stand for 63 seconds of applause in recognition of Hughes’s final unbeaten score.

Meanwhile, Australia captain Michael Clarke is set to be first for the game.

The 33-year-old batsman has struggled with a hamstring injury and was forced to sit out most of the one-day series against South Africa.

But Clarke came through two training sessions in Adelaide on Saturday and wicketkeeper and vice-captain Brad Haddin is confident Clarke will be fit.

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