Adam Federici pays tribute to Phillip Hughes

Reading's Australian goalkeeper Adam Federici paid tribute to the late Phillip Hughes by placing a cricket bat behind his goal during his side's victory over Norwich City.

Hughes died on Thursday from injuries sustained after being struck on the head by a bouncing cricket ball two days prior.

A Twitter tribute for Hughes went viral yesterday with thousands of cricket players and fans taking pictures of cricket bats with caps on, accompanied by the hashtag #putoutyourbats.

Reading's goalkeeper paid his own tribute to his late countryman, by placing a cricket bat behind his goal throughout the match, swapping it to the opposite end after half time. You can view a picture of Federici's tribute in the tweet below:

Cricket bat is Aussie #readingfc keeper Adam Federici's. He's moved it the other end with him #ncfc #getyourbatsout pic.twitter.com/RdDGsSpcP1

— Chris Osborne (@chrisozz) November 29, 2014

Tributes have been flooding in for Hughes since his death shocked the sporting world.