Former Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath takes pink caps from the Indian team ahead of play on the third day of the fifth cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
The Indian team on Sunday came out wearing kits which had their name plates, numbers and shoulder stripes among others marked in pink. This was because the 3rd Day of the Sydney Test is marked as Pink Day and Jane McGrath Day which is named in honour of Australian great Glenn McGrath’s late wife.
Spectators at the SCG wear pink and the stadium’s Ladies Stand is renamed the Jane McGrath stand for the day. This is done in order to raise money for the McGrath Foundation which funds and raises awareness for breast cancer. Also the first Test of the year played at Sydney is known as the Pink Test.
Jane McGrath was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997, two years before her marriage to Glenn. She was deemed cancer-free after treatment and went on to become mother to two children. Along with her husband, she founded the McGrath foundation with her husband in 2005. Her cancer relapsed in 2006 and she died in June 2008.
In the match, an out-of-sorts India was knocked out of the World Test Championship final as Australia cruised to a six-wicket victory in the fifth and final Test to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years, leaving the visitors with several points to ponder in a difficult transition phase.
Australia won the five-match series 3-1 and also qualified for the World Test Championship final against South Africa slated at the Lord’s from June 11 to 15.
A target of 162 could have been trickier had new Test captain Jasprit Bumrah been in a position to bowl despite painful back spasms but once Virat Kohli led the team out, it was as clear as the Sydney skyline that defending the total would be next to impossible.
Bumrah deservedly claimed the player of the series honour for his 32 wickets in five matches but that was hardly a consolation for the shambolic team performance that India managed.
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