Overview
- Players, officials and spectators observed a moment of silence, teams wore black armbands and flags flew at half‑mast, with John Williamson performing True Blue.
- South Australia Police activated a Declared Public Precinct at the Oval, enabling enhanced search powers, potential bans and deployment of rifle‑carrying officers with comprehensive bag checks.
- Commissioner Grant Stevens said there is no specific intelligence of a heightened threat and that the increased policing is intended to reassure attendees.
- Authorities say the Bondi attack targeted a Hanukkah gathering and was an antisemitic act of terrorism influenced by Islamic State ideology, leaving 15 dead and dozens wounded.
- Reports identify the assailants as a father and son; the 50‑year‑old was killed and the 24‑year‑old remains hospitalized under guard, as Cricket Australia, the ECB and team captains voiced solidarity.