Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Tsunami cricket match stars dedicate shirts to charity auction

New Kerala Media: "Signed match-worn shirts from every player involved in the World Cricket Tsunami Relief match and the coin tossed by Australian Prime Minister John Howard would be auctioned online, with all proceeds going to World Vision's tsunami relief fund. Run in conjunction with online auction specialists eBay, the auctions would begin at 15 minute intervals from today and would conclude on January 11, Cricket Australia said in a release here today.

Various other events, including celebrity Kanga cricket matches, Hercules fly overs, would take place during the cricket match between World XI and Asian XI at Melbourne on Monday. The next game of the two-match series is to be played in Asia sometime next month. The Prime Minister of Australia John Howard will toss the coin before the start of the match, along with team captains Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly."

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