Aussies give team prizemoney to disaster fund
Australia's cricketers have donated their prize money from the Melbourne Test to the disaster relief funds of the tsunami and earthquake victims in South-East Asia
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Ricky Ponting, who hit an unbeaten 62 to lead his side to a nine wicket victory over Pakistan at the MCG, indicated that Australia had more fund-raising projects in mind. "We've got a number of things in the pipeline as a team that we're looking at that haven't been finalised yet," he told reporters after the Test. "One thing that we have decided to do from today's game is to donate all of our winning prizemoney from this Test match, which is about $13,000, which the team has decided to donate to the fund."
Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach, was also sympathetic. "I think the two teams have signed shirts and they're being auctioned somewhere to help them," he said. "It's a tragedy that puts everything into perspective as far as cricket goes. We understand that and it's very sad for all the people who have suffered and are still suffering."
More than 56,000 people so far have been killed, and many more left homeless by the effects of the massive earthquake and tidal waves that hit shorelines of all round the Indian Ocean.
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