The Muslim members of England’s and Australia’s dressing rooms will come together on the first morning of the Test to celebrate Eid at Lord’s.
The MCC have arranged for an Imam from the Regent’s Park Mosque to come to the ground at 8am and lead the players and support staff in their prayers for the religious celebration before the game gets underway.
For England that means Moeen Ali and Rehan Ahmed will be joined by their security officer Yasser Ali, while an invitation was extended to Aussie batter Usman Khawaja and their liaison officer Arfan Akram to take part in the multi-faith room at the ground.
