There were fears that the young fast bowler may have been too traumatised to play again after Hughes died from being hit by one of his bouncers at the Sydney Cricket Ground last month.
But he was included in a 12-man squad to play Queensland in a Sheffield Shield fixture in Sydney from Tuesday.
Abbott attended Hughes's funeral last week and many people around the cricket world have expressed solidarity with the 22-year-old following the freak accident.
NSW captain Moises Henriques said the bowler was holding up well.
"He's coping pretty well," Henriques told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"I guess from our point of view as fellow players, we're trying to expel his name from the tragedy a little bit, because in my opinion I don't think he's any more at fault than any other fast bowler who's ever bowled a bouncer in his career.
"We're actually trying to remove his name from everything that's happened, and just treat him as another one of the players.
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