00:02Parents grieving an enormous loss nearly 12 months on from a tragic accident.
00:08We had his 18th last week and now we've got his anniversary coming up.
00:11But every day is brutal, I'll be honest. Every day is brutal.
00:14Ben Austin died when he was hit in the neck at cricket training in Melbourne's east
00:19by a ball thrown with a sidearm device.
00:22The court heard today his mates initially thought he was mucking around when he fell to the ground
00:27but quickly realised he'd been seriously hurt.
00:31His sudden death triggering an outpouring of grief.
00:35Today a coroner told a directions hearing at the coroner's court Ben died by misadventure
00:40by well-meaning young people using proper equipment at a caring well-run club.
00:45No individual or organisation contributed to the cause of Ben's death.
00:50Coroner Simon McGregor also said no recommendations would be made regarding rule changes for cricket.
00:56Ben's family says that's what he would have wanted.
01:00He would have been just wanted the game to go on and continue and everyone to keep playing
01:03and not tarnish it in any way.
01:05This is a really important part of the process.
01:07What we didn't want to do was go out and start finding solutions
01:10before we understood the coroner's findings.
01:13Cricket Australia, the sport's national governing body, says it's undergoing a review
01:18to make sure it's delivering the best recommendations when it comes to player safety.
01:22It says it will closely consider the coroner's findings, which are set to be handed down before Christmas.
01:29Ben's family just wants his memory to be kept alive, his mother today wearing a necklace bearing his name.
01:36I've got him placed to my heart.
01:37Yeah.
01:38Of what?
01:38Of what?
