Know why Eng vs WI 3rd Test named The Ruth Strauss Foundation Test

Eng vs WI 3rd Test match

Eng vs WI 3rd Test named The Ruth Strauss Foundation Test

In the final match of the three-match Test series between England and West Indies starting today, July 24, the cap of the hosts will be seen red. Yes, this Test match is going to be very special, because this Test will be played in the memory of the wife of former England team captain Andrew Strauss. The first day of the match will be completely red, as England players will wear red caps in Eng vs WI 3rd Test.

This is the second time the England team is promoting the Ruth Stroff Foundation. People watching the match from home will be encouraged to wear red clothes to show their support for the charity. Items related to it can be purchased on the Ruth Stroff Foundation's official website from today under #RedforRuth. Its money will go to charity.

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Funds raised will be awarded for the mission of the Ruth Strauss Foundation, which provides pre-bereavement support for families facing the death of parents from cancer. Apart from this, this money is also collected for the research of how non-smoking people get lung cancer. Players will wear the Ruth Strauss Foundation's brand-new test shirt today, as well as use the red cap, but it will be before the match begins.

Not only this, Manchester's Old Trafford will also be seen more in red. At the same time, the color of the stumps will also be red during the match, while the boundary boards will also be red. Let me tell you that during the Ashes series, Red for Ruth Test match was also played at Lord's ground in which an amount of more than 5 lakh 50 thousand pounds was collected. Andrew Stroff and his children Sam and Luca also attended that match.

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Let us know that Andrew Strauss, who played international cricket from 2003 to 2011, married Australian actress Ruth McDonald, but in 2018 Ruth Strauss died because she had lame cancer. Ruth died at the age of 46 on 29 December 2018. In his memory, Sir Andrew Strauss launched the Ruth Strauss Foundation to provide professional emotional support to families for the death of parents from cancer and did more research and collaboration in the fight against non-smoker lung cancer It was decided to explain the necessity.