England Cricket pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II with new anthem

Late Queen Elizabeth and her later husband, Prince Philips, each had an extended historical past of supporting England Cricket. The 2 had been patrons and honorary life members of MCC and likewise confirmed respect to the sport, usually showing to attend them from the late Sixties until the Ashes 2013.

Queen Elizabeth was coronated on 2nd June 1953 and holds the longest-reigning monarch of the UK. She opened the ECB Nationwide Academy at Loughborough College in November 2004. All these amenities proceed at this time to be the first coaching centre for all England gamers.

Subsequent yr, Her Majesty invited each the boys’s and girls’s England groups to Buckingham Palace to obtain awards recognising their victorious Ashes campaigns. Additionally, earlier than the ODI World Cup 2019, she met all ten skippers on the palace of the participant groups to want them good luck.

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ECB Chair Richard Thompson stated: “I’m sure I speak for everyone in the game when I say how truly sad I am to hear of the Queen’s passing. Her Majesty has been such a great supporter of the game and was always so vocal about her and her late husband’s enjoyment of the sport. Her dedication to her country will never be forgotten. For her service and her selflessness over her extraordinary reign, we owe her a debt that can never be repaid.”

For her providers to the nation and to England Cricket, the nationwide workforce, on Saturday, paid tribute to Her Majesty with a brand new anthem that has been sung for the primary time since Prince Charles III has taken over the throne. ‘God save the King’ was final sung again in 1952 when Queen Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, handed away.

A lovely few moments as cricket pays its respects to Her Majesty The Queen. pic.twitter.com/3QnZiFEOKq

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 10, 2023

On Saturday, South Africa and England resumed the third and the ultimate Day, day 1 of which was washed away, whereas Day 2 was halted for the demise of Queen Elizabeth II. Alongside the gamers, the Oval crowd joined God save the king and applauded with claps till the primary bowl was bowled.

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