An order of service for the funeral of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes is pictured prior to being distributed to mourners in his home town of Macksville, December 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed/Files
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The family of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes walked out of an inquest into his death on Friday after a submission from the lawyer for Cricket Australia that the coroner should not rule on claims the batsman been subject to threatening language.
Hughes was hit on the back of the neck by a rising delivery when playing for South Australia in a domestic match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Nov. 25, 2014. He died two days later in a Sydney hospital.
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