Cricket pays tribute to Phillip Hughes with #putoutyourbats

Twitter unites to remember Australian star as fans and players post images of their bats

Phil Hughes of Australia
(Image credit: Robert Cianflone / Getty)

In the increasingly bilious world of Twitter harmony is hard to come by, but the social media site has for once put bickering to one side to remember Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes who died on Thursday, two days after being hit in the neck by a bouncer.

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