The Australian and English test players just paid tribute to the Bondi beach victims at the start of

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the 3rd test match of the Ashes series being played in Adelaide tonight our time.
The players on both teams have on black armbands.

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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/16/pat-cummins-bondi-terror-attack-hit-home-tributes-third-ashes-test

Australia captain Pat Cummins has said the tragic events at Bondi beach ‘hit home pretty hard’ as they unfolded on Sunday night just down the road from his home in the neighbouring Sydney suburb of Bronte.

As the cricket world prepares to pay tribute to the victims of the Bondi beach terror attack when the third Ashes Test gets under way in Adelaide on Wednesday, Cummins and England captain, Ben Stokes, revealed the profound impact the massacre had on them and their teammates

“Like most other Aussies and people in the world, I was just horrified watching on,” Cummins said. “We had just put the kids to bed and flicked on the news as that was coming through. Me and my wife were watching in disbelief.

“It’s a place that’s just around the corner from where we live and we take the kids there all the time. It’s hit home pretty hard. We really feel for the Bondi community and the Jewish community in particular.”