India tour of Australia : Australia’s men’s team will wear an Indigenous shirt for the first time in the T20 series against India early next month. The Australian men’s cricket team will follow the lead of the national women’s side and wear an Indigenous shirt for their upcoming Dettol T20 series against India.
Cricket Australia has unveiled the jersey, a collaboration between manufacturer ASICS and two Indigenous women, Aunty Fiona Clarke and Courtney Hagen, who have been integral to the sport’s recent efforts to better recognise and encourage the involvement of Indigenous Australians in cricket.
Australia’s women’s side first wore an Indigenous shirt of their own in a match against England earlier this year and have been proactive in addressing issues of race in their sport. The Aussie women’s team also participated in a barefoot circle before the England game and again against New Zealand last month – a ceremony that has continued into this year’s Rebel WBBL season – while some Big Bash teams and players have also acknowledged the Black Lives Matter movement by taking a knee before matches.
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