The Ashes: England-Australia players wear 'Black arm-bands' on day 1 for a humble reason

Why You Are Reing This: English cricket team is all set to face Australia from June 16 onwards, in a bid to win ir first Ashes series since 2015. Ashes 2023 series will kick off on Friday with series opener at Edgbaston. English and Australian players will be seen wearing black armbands on Day 1 of Edgbaston Test.

3 Things You Need To Kw

• Ashes 2023 series will be first Ashes for Ben Stokes as England’s captain
• Australia he into match as new ICC World Test Champions
• Ashes 2023 will mark beginning of World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle

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England vs Australia: Why are players wearing black armbands in Edgbaston?

Marking ir respect for horrific ttingham murders, England and Wales Cricket Board anunced that players will be wearing black armbands on ir sleeves on Day 1 of first Ashes 2023 Test in Edgbaston. A moment of silence will also be observed at Edgbaston before scheduled start of game at 11 a.m. local time/3:30 p.m. IST. Here’s all we kw about ttingham murders.

On Tuesday early morning, a knife assailant stabbed two college students and a middle-d man to death in ttingham. Both students were 19 years old and were identified as Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber. Whereas third individual who lost his life was a middle-d man Ian Coates, who was a school caretaker.

Ben Stokes opens up on gruesome ttingham murders

As per INDEPENDENT, England cricket team skipper, Ben Stokes shed his heartfelt thoughts on gruesome murders and said, “ deeply distressing scenes witnessed in ttingham this week have brought immense sorrow to everyone, particularly cherished friends and families of victims. It is impossible to express how much ir lives and futures have been tragically disrupted”.

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“se events sden England cricket teams, and we are thinking about those affected at this harrowing time. As a gesture of respect, we will hour m by wearing black armbands,” Stokes ded. As reported by AP, assailant stabbed two college students to death, n fatally stabbed Ian and ran over three pedestrians, causing a shocking ramp.