Cricket: SCG to honour Hughes with plaque ahead of test

Phillip Hughes died after being hit by a bouncer. Photo / AP

A plaque to honour the memory of Phillip Hughes will be unveiled at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday on the eve of the fourth test between Australia and India.

In one of a number of planned tributes to Hughes, whose death five weeks ago after being struck by a bouncer at the ground shocked the cricketing world, the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust will place a plaque featuring a small bust of Hughes on the wall of the Member's Pavilion outside the home dressing room.

Cricket Australia are yet to announce their tribute plans ahead of what is sure to be an emotional Sydney test which starts on Tuesday.

The plaque will feature highlights from Hughes' career at the famous ground, where he made his first-class debut for NSW in 2007 and played his first home test against Pakistan in 2010.

Similar plaques of the likes of Sir Donald Bradman and Monty Noble adorn the SCG.

Sixty-three bats, each recording a moment in Hughes' career, will be temporarily fixed to the outside upper deck of the Members Pavilion for the duration of the test.

The bats were first unveiled at his funeral in Macksville.

Hughes had moved to 63 not out while batting in that fateful Sheffield Shield match against South Australia in November.

The SCG Museum will also feature a small exhibition with some of the public tributes made to Hughes.

- AAP