CA adjusts late Hughes' final score to '63 not out'

Cricket Australia has adjusted late Australian batsman Phillip Hughes' final score to show him being 63 not out after a recent update.

25-year-old Hughes passed away on Thursday, two days after being hit by a bouncer in a domestic match in Australia. The scoreboard had listed him as retired hurt but the match was abandoned and he was not replaced.

CA chief James Sutherland said that it might seem like a little thing, but it's an important distinction, adding that Hughes would forever remain 63 not out, The BBC reported.

The late batsman's innings would now be officially recorded as an unbeaten 63.

The number 64 shirt of the left-handed Australian batsman has already been retired following his death.

Hughes's funeral would be held on Wednesday in his family's home town of Macksville in northern New South Wales, the report added.