Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) [ India ], October 30 (ANI): India and Australia players are wearing black armbands during their Women's World Cup semi-final in Navi Mumbai, paying tribute to 17-year-old Australia n cricketer Ben Austin, who tragically died after being struck by a ball while training in Melbourne.

Austin lost his life after being struck on the neck while training in the nets at the Ferntree Gully Cricket Club in Melbourne.

"Both teams are wearing black armbands today to pay their respects to 17-year-old Melbourne cricketer Ben Austin, who sadly passed away following an accident while batting in the nets on Tuesday night," BCCI said in a post on X.

Austin was practising with a helmet but reportedly without a neck guard when a delivery from a wanger hit him, a hand-held

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