Cricketers have alternative to taking a knee to support BLM

[ASFN Admin]

Months after being criticized by cricket great Michael Holding for not taking a knee to acknowledge the Black Lives Matter movement, players in the Australian men’s team have come up with an alternative way to show their support in the fight against racism. Australia vice-captain Pat Cummins on Monday said the players would form a barefoot circle on the field at the Sydney Cricket Ground before the first game of a limited-overs series against India in Sydney on Nov. 27. “I think we could probably put our hands up and say we haven’t done enough in the past and we want to get better,” Cummins said during an online video news conference Monday.

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