Cricinfo backs Tsunami Appeal match

On Monday January 10, an ICC XI will play an Asian Cricket Council XI in the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal cricket match at Melbourne. The match is the centrepiece of the international cricket community's efforts to support the victims of the tsunami that devastated countries across the Indian Ocean. Many of the world's top players - including Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Muttiah Muralitharan - will take part in the match.

Cricinfo will be dedicating its coverage of this very special match to the victims of the tsunami. We are asking our users worldwide to make a donation to World Vision, the charity which the ICC has identified as the beneficiary of this first match. When users access Cricinfo's live scorecard, they will be encouraged to donate a minimum of $5 to World Vision's Tsunami Relief Fund.

Coverage of the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal match begins at 0310 GMT.

About World Vision
The money raised from the Australian fund-raising efforts will go to assist World Vision, the global relief and development organisation which is dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide. World Vision has staff across the Asian region, and is providing food and Family Survival Kits to the countries devastated by the earthquake and tsunami. Its staff are working around the clock to assist people in the worst-affected areas of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as they deal with the aftermath of the tsunami.

World Vision is a humanitarian relief and development organization which has been engaged in humanitarian work in Sri Lanka since 1977.