Australia's cricketers will head to Victoria today to visit survivors of the deadly bushfires that have wreaked havoc across the state. Michael Clarke raised the idea with his team-mates in Adelaide and Cricket Australia (CA) gave its approval.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting says the players are keen to meet people in bushfire-affected areas and offer their support. "We're going to fly down to Melbourne and get on a team coach and go out to Whittlesea and spend a few hours there to try and make things a fraction easier if we can. We want to get in and help wherever we can," he said. Ponting says Clarke's idea was well received by players and officials alike. "So we'll go and lend our support and pay our respects."
Good onya mates... Well done!
The match between Australia and New Zealand doubled up as a fund-raiser and garnered around 6 million dollars. This money is inclusive of the match fees of all the Aussie players and a percentage of NZ players too. And generous donations from the crowd and the ticket proceeds. Some of the Aussie cricketers went with donation boxes amongst the crowd during the match.
PS: This is an older blog, which got accidently deleted.
