MELBOURNE, Nov 11: The Australian men�s cricket team is set to wear specially-designed Indigenous shirts in the upcoming T20 series against India, a move aimed at recognising and encouraging the Indigenous Australians� role in the sport. Cricket Australia on Wednesday unveiled the design, a collaboration between manufacturer ASICS and two Indigenous women, Aunty Fiona Clarke and Courtney Hagen.
�Clarke is a direct descendent of late cricketer �Mosquito� Couzens (known as Grongarrong), one of the Aboriginal players who toured England in 1868 as part of the first sporting team from Australia to play abroad,� cricket.co.au reported. The design is an ode to the ancestors and past, present and future aboriginal cricketers. The Australian men�s team, thus, will be following their women counterparts, who first wore an Indigenous shirt of their own in a match against England earlier this year.
Australia premier fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who displayed the first look of the jersey, said he was excited about sporting the new shirt. � PTI
