England cricket team sported black armbands in honor of inspirational war veteran and fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore in the ongoing first Test of the four-match Test series against India being played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai from Friday (February 5).
Joe Root and his team were seen wearing black armbands when both England and India teams stood for their respective national anthems at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
The England Cricket Board also shared a picture of national players wearing black armbands on Twitter on Friday by saying: “We are wearing black armbands in honor of inspirational war veteran and fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore, who died aged 100 earlier this week.”
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Noteworthy, the British World War veteran and late record-breaking centenarian fundraiser Moore died with COVID-19 and pneumonia on February 2 at the age of 100.
Last year, Moore won British hearts with a COVID-19 fundraising drive by raising almost £38.9m for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine in Bedfordshire before his 100th birthday.
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Moore was knighted by the Queen in a special ceremony at Windsor Castle for his fundraising efforts during England’s first lockdown in April 2020 for the healthcare workers as he raised the most money ever for doing an individual charity walk for NHS charities.
The army veteran also went on to break two Guinness world records, becoming the oldest person to get a no.1 single on the UK charts and raising the most amount of money for doing an individual charity walk.
Mourning Moore’s demise, Root had said in a video shared by ECB: “It's really sad news. I had the pleasure of getting a chance to speak to him at the start of the last year. I am sure his family would be extremely proud of the legacy he has left behind.”
He added, “Someone gave the nation a chance to smile about in these dark times. All the great things he did for the National Health Services (NHS), on behalf of the whole cricket team, I would like to send thoughts to him and his family. He spoke very fondly about the game of cricket throughout his life. From the whole cricket community, he will be sadly missed.”
(With IANS Inputs)
