Tony Cozier: Sean Abbott can learn from Sir Garfield Sobers
Updated On: 30 November, 2014 05:00 AM IST | | Tony Cozier
<p>Sir Garry blamed himself for Collie Smith's death in a 1959 car accident. He was so disturbed he took to drinking until he eventually dedicated himself to continue playing for both himself and Smith, writes Tony Cozier</p>
Sir Garfield Sobers and Sean Abbott
There can't be a cricketer of any generation and of any standard anywhere on the planet who hasn't been devastated by the death of Philip Hughes.
Australia's Sean Abbott bowls during the second T20 against South Africa in Melbourne on November 7. Pic/Getty Images
The outpouring of grief after the Australian left-hander died in Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital on Thursday, two days after he was felled by a blow to the left side of the neck from a bouncer in a Sheffield Shield inter-state match, has been universal and heartfelt. In the words of India's Anil Kumble, it has "impacted the cricket world".
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