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The cricket community is getting ready to attend Hughes' funeral and pay emotional tributes to him in his home town of Macksville in New South Wales.

The funeral will be held today at Macksville High School, Macksville, New South Wales. To attend the funeral, extra flights have been scheduled by Qantas and Virgin Australia to travel to Coffs Harbour airport. It is the nearest airport to Macksville.

Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and opening batsman Aaron Finch will be pallbearers at Phillip Hughes' funeral to be held in Mackville today.

The service will be attended by the Australian squad, Indian stand-in skipper Virat Kohli, Indian team director Ravi Shastri and former players such as Steve Waugh, Shane Warne, Mark Taylor, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer, Brett Lee, Brian Lara and former New Zealand skipper Richard Hadlee.

Around 5000 people are expected to be in mourning at Macksville and arrangements have been made for the same. Phil Hughes' family is also reportedly touched with the public support shown so far and wants as many people as possible to attend the funeral.

The funeral will be shown live across the major cricket stadiums in Australia through big screens. Channel Nine will broadcast it live, with ABC Radio and Fairfax providing radio coverage. The live telecast is expected to start at around 1.30 PM AEDT.

AW: Arun Kumar