World Cricket Tsunami Appeal

The World Cricket Tsunami Appeal was an effort by the International Cricket Council to raise funds to support the humanitarian relief efforts following the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004. It was scheduled to be held over two games but was reduced to one due to an over-crowded international playing schedule and concerns for players' health playing in the April heat in Kolkata. The match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 10 January 2005.

Auctions

To further raise funds for the international relief effort, several items from the match were sold off at charity auctions. A pure silver 40mm dollar coin given by Royal Australian Mint, which was tossed by John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, at the start of the match was one of the items for sale. The coin and the players' signed shirts, accompanied by a letter of authenicity from Cricket Australia, were auctioned on eBay with all money going to the designated charity. The Asian XI captain and captain of the Indian cricket team, Sourav Ganguly, also announced he would auction his bat.

Related Topics:
Royal Australian Mint - John Howard - Prime Minister - Australia - Cricket Australia - EBay - Indian cricket team - Sourav Ganguly - Bat

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The results of the auction are shown below.

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