It began as a single, simple tribute from a cricket fan to batsman Phillip Hughes.
IT worker Paul Taylor got his old cricket bat and put it outside his front door in Sydney, a cricket cap slung on the handle.
Then he posted it on Twitter to his few dozen followers with the hashtag #putoutyourbats.
Within a few minutes the idea caught on.
Fans around Australia copied the idea. All generations of cricket lovers were getting their bats and putting them outside the front door or in the window, as a mark of respect to batsman Hughes.
(By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent)
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Source: Sky News (UK)
