Barefoot and nonetheless carrying their saggy greens, Australian gamers got here collectively on the newly constructed Rod Marsh tribute at Adelaide Oval for a second of celebration.
The crew fashioned a circle exterior the bottom to belt out their well-known Under the Southern Cross I Stand victory track, led by spin star Nathan Lyon.
It got here simply hours after the Australian crew demolished the West Indies within the Second Test to assert a 419-run victory and wrap up a 2-0 Frank Worrell Trophy whitewash.
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Most gamers had became their coaching shorts for the touching gathering on Sunday, however many had been nonetheless of their taking part in white prime within the photograph shared by SACA on social media.
The victory track, famously credited to Marsh again within the Seventies, is a practice upheld by previous captains and gamers after crew victories.
Fox Cricket’s Kerry O’Keeffe was impressed by the memorial to Marsh unveiled final Thursday at Adelaide Oval.
“I couldn’t think of a better tribute to the great man,” he mentioned.
“His passing was one of the saddest days of my life – I lost a mentor and I lost a friend.
“He was something special.”
Marsh sadly suffered a coronary heart assault in February this yr and died eight days later – on the identical day as fellow cricket icon Shane Warne.
The victory track wasn’t the one touching gesture paid to Marsh, along with his spouse Ros ringing the well-known Bradshaw bell at Adelaide Oval pre-game.
“This is a wonderful moment,” Adam Gilchrist mentioned on Fox Cricket.
“The cricketing world lost a great friend in Rod Marsh earlier in the year.
“It’s a wonderful memorial, the spirit of cricket Rod Marsh memorial that’s out the back of the members’ stand.
“What a tribute to a man that epitomised the spirit of cricket.
“The wattle down there below, inscribed on the walkway the Aussie team song. Some iron gloves – that’s what he was nicknamed.
“He taught a lot of the world how to keep wicket and how to uphold the values of the spirit of the game, Rodney William Marsh.”
Originally printed as In honour of Rod: Australia’s stunning tribute to late cricket nice amid celebrations
