Cricket Australia is expected on Monday to confirm plans for the opening Test against India.

The four-Test series was slated to start on Thursday.

The Gabba Test was delayed on Saturday so players can attend Phillip Hughes’s funeral at Macksville High School on Wednesday.

CA is yet to confirm whether the game will start this week, be rescheduled for later in summer, or abandoned completely – though there is some suggestion it could be pushed back until the new year, following the Sydney Test in January.

The big question is when players will feel ready for the toughest Test of their cricket careers.

CA remained locked in discussions with its Indian counterpart on Sunday, but chief executive James Sutherland’s priority is the welfare of those mourning the desperately unlucky death of a close friend.

A range of scenarios are being looked at.

India are still working on the assumption the Test will start later this week.

The tourists are set to fly to Brisbane on Monday, despite the prospect of the Gabba clash being cancelled.

Hughes’ life was celebrated with a number of touching tributes on Sunday, which should have been the left-hander’s 26th birthday.

Captain Michael Clarke, a day after wiping away tears while delivering a prepared statement on behalf of Australia’s cricket team, was again a source of poignancy.

Clarke wrote a personal tribute, describing Hughes as the most loyal and generous-spirited teammate and saying how proud he was to describe him as the brother he never had.

Clarke and his teammates have returned to their homes but will descend on Hughes’ hometown Macksville, on the NSW mid-north coast, for Wednesday’s funeral.

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