Australian cricket team pays tribute to Jane McGrath
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![Cancer campaigner Jane McGrath, the wife of former Australian test player Glenn McGrath died after complications from surgery earlier this year. [Getty]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/base/aus_janemcgrath_getty_220608.jpg "Cancer campaigner Jane McGrath, the wife of former Australian test player Glenn McGrath died after complications from surgery earlier this year. [Getty]")
Cancer campaigner Jane McGrath, the wife of former Australian test player Glenn McGrath died after complications from surgery earlier this year. [Getty]
The Australian cricket team will wear pink ribbons during their international match in the West Indies, as a mark of support for former player Glenn McGrath after the the death of his wife, Jane.
One of Jane McGraths legacies is her work as a breast cancer campaigner, but she was also an inspiration as a patient, according to her neurosurgeon Doctor Charlie Teo
"She was incredibly positive right to the very end, and you know she embraced life right to the end," he said.
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has paid tribute to Jane's courage and dignity.
Speaking from the West Indies, team manager Steve Bernard says the players will wear pink ribbons and use pink grips on their bats during this weeks match.
"As a show...of their sadness...and also to let Glenn know that they're all thinking about him," he said.
The 42-year-old died at her Sydney home on Sunday, with her husband Glenn and children James and Holly beside her.
