Australian cricket team will stand barefoot in a circle at the start of the Australian summer in order to recognise the anti-racism protest across the world and acknowledge the indigenous people, pace bowler Pat Cummins said. The drive will begin with the start of the ODI series against India on November 27. Cummins’ statement comes as a word from the leadership group of the Australian team as he has been promoted to Vice-captain role in the team. He also assured that all the players in the setup would work well to learn the history of Australia and its people.
“In Australia, we think the most, I guess, marginalised group is the first nations people and the indigenous peoples. And we think the barefoot circle's a great way to celebrate them. Some people might want to take the knee, some people might want to show it in different ways and absolutely we're all for that. But we've kind of come together as a team and think this is the best way we can demonstrate anti-racism as well as celebrating the indigenous culture here," Cummins said in a video-conference with reporters.
The call of standing barefoot is a departure from the earlier stance when the Australian captain in ODIs and T20s, Aaron Finch had refused to take the knee against racism in Cricket which was promoted into the game by the English and West Indian players in their Test series started in July.
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