Australia cricket black armbands: Why are Australian cricket players wearing black armbands today in Dubai T20I?

Dixit Bhargav | 30/10/2021
Australia cricket black armbands: Why are Australian cricket players wearing black armbands today in Dubai T20I?

Australia cricket black armbands: The Australian cricketers are supporting black armbands in their ongoing T20I against England.

During the 26th match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2021 between England and Australia in Dubai, Australia have been reduced to 15/3 in the fourth over after being put in to bat by England captain Eoin Morgan.

Australia, who have replaced all-rounder Mitchell Marsh with an additional spin-bowling option in Ashton Agar, lost opening batter David Warner (1) in only the second over.

Warner, who aimed at walking down to Chris Woakes, ended up edging a delivery to Jos Buttler behind the wickets. In the next over, Woakes contributed in the field by grabbing an impressive catch at mid-on to dismiss Steve Smith (1) off Chris Jordan.

All-rounder Glenn Maxwell (6) was the next batter to depart as Woakes found him wanting in front of the stumps in his second over. With captain Aaron Finch and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis battling in out in the middle, Australia need a substantial partnership against a strong English unit.

Australia cricket black armbands

As fans must have noted by now, the Australian players are donning black armbands at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium tonight. It is worth mentioning that the same has been done as a mark of tribute for former cricketers in Ashley Mallett and Alan Davidson.

Mallett, 76, passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer. A right-arm off-break bowler, Mallett had picked 132 and 11 wickets in 38 Tests and nine ODIs respectively in his 12-year old international career between 1968-1980.

Davidson, on the other hand, breathed his last aged 92 in Sydney today. Davidson, who played international cricket between 1953-1963, had picked 186 wickets in 44 Tests. In addition to dismissing batters at an average and strike rate of 20.53 and 62.2 respectively as a left-arm pacer, Davidson had also scored 1,328 runs including five Test half-centuries.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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