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Australia wins the toss and fields against India after tribute to dead teenage cricketer
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Cricket bats, flowers and notes make an impromptu tribute Thursday, October 30, 2025, for a teenaged cricket player who died in a training accident in Melbourne, Australia. - photo by James Ross/AAP Image via AP
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia captain Mitch Marsh won the toss Friday and opted to field first against India in a Twenty20 international that was preceded by a tribute to a teenage cricketer who died in a training accident in Melbourne earlier this week. Both teams were wearing black armbands in memory of 17-year-old cricketer Ben Austin, who died in a Melbourne hospital two days after being struck in the neck during a net session at his suburban club. The first game in the five-match series was washed out in Canberra on Wednesday.