On Thursday afternoon Abbott, 22, visited Hughes in hospital and was met warmly by his own teammates, friends of Hughes and cricketing greats such as Steve Waugh.
Looking pale and exhausted, Abbott arrived at St Vincent's wearing a black baseball hat at 2.30pm.
In the hospital's coffee shop, where some of the cricketers had congregated, Abbott was given some words of advice from Waugh, while spin bowler Nathan Lyons draped a comforting arm around his shoulders.
He then sat down and had a coffee with his teammates who were obviously rallying behind the young fast bowler.
