England 's cricket stars all took the knee in unison to send a message of solidarity against racism ahead of their T20 World Cup clash with Bangladesh on Wednesday.
Captain Eoin Morgan led his side in taking the knee after doing the same in their tournament opener against the West Indies at the weekend.
Their opponents that day also took the knee and it was the same story for their second game of the competition, as the Bangladeshi players also made the gesture after the national anthems had rang around the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
It was not the gesture that the England players had wanted to make, though, as they had initially asked the ICC if they could wear t-shirts with a range of anti-discrimination messages printed on them.
However, that plan was blocked by the cricket governing body as the request would have gone against rules around kits.
Rules state that items of clothing cannot be worn which display "messages which relate to political, religious or racial activities or causes".
So instead they decided to take the knee – and while their preferred method of protest was blocked, the England players are pleased they are still able to publicly show their support for equality.
"Our position is we stand against any form of discrimination, which we’re very passionate about," vice-captain Jos Buttler said.
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"What we’d like to do is a moment of unity, which we did at times during our summer. West Indies like to take a knee, so we wanted to reciprocate that in the first game."
It comes after South Africa star Quinton De Kock made himself unavailable for his country's game against Windies on Tuesday due to "personal reasons".
However, those reasons were later revealed to be based around a directive from Cricket South Africa which made it mandatory for its players to take a knee before all matches throughout the tournament.
A CSA statement said: "Cricket South Africa has noted the personal decision by South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock not to 'take the knee' ahead of Tuesday's game against the West Indies.
"All players had been required, in line with a directive of the CSA Board on Monday evening, to 'take the knee' in a united and consistent stance against racism."
Skipper Temba Bavuma, the first black man ever to be named permanent captain of the South African national team, said he was "taken aback" by the news, but added: "Quinton is an adult. He’s a man in his own shoes. We respect his decision, we respect his convictions."
