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Possible Pakistani Earthquake fundraiser?
By Will 5 years ago, mid-October, 10 Comments »
Pakistan has just suffered an earthquake which they think has killed
at least 19000 people. England tour Pakistan in about a month. Surely
this is a money-raIsing opportunity?I’ll commit to 20p for every run Flintoff scores in an international.
You’re in a better position than me, between Corridor of Uncertainty
and Cricinfo, to persuade others to make a similar commitment. There
must be good publicity for a lot of businesses in doing this.
The death-toll is, according to the news, going to rise beyond 20,000 in coming days. While we can’t do much to help, nor offer anything to save (m)any lives, such a gesture would be a good and worthwhile thing to do. What are your thoughts? It seems too good an opportunity, what with England touring Pakistan in a few weeks.
Would you be willing to cough up £x.xx per run for any one batsman (or more than one)? Or perhaps £x.xx per runs conceded by a bowler, or indeed wickets? If the general consensus is good, I’m very happy to organise it all and tally up the amounts at the end of the series, and mail the cheque to a suitable charity. On a similar line, I’m very, very wary of charities and won’t give money out to “any old charity.” But I’ll look into that. Leave your thoughts below.
Thanks for the idea Harry.
10 Comments »Cricketers raise massive $14m dollars
By Will 5 years ago, mid-January, 2 Comments »
A great day for Cricket, for cricketers of different countries to come together for charity. I don’t know why we can’t have this more often – perhaps I’ll write a letter to the ICC & ECB and see if they’re thinking about it.
- It would promote the game incredibly
- A great spectacle for cricket fans, and new to cricket
- Stacks of money raised for charity
- The distant possibility of one day Murali and Warne playing on the same team
Wonderful image here of Ponting and (who?) and presumeably a victim of the Tsunami. If any Aussies are reading, any chance of scanning a larger copy of the front page of the Melbourne Herald Sun? Would love to see it in more detail.
This is a great photo, courtesy of the BBC, of Daniel Vettori and Billy Bowden trying out some new moves!
And some very thoughtful, poignant quotes:
- “Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard, a cricket fanatic of the highest order, said the game showed the sport’s “sense of social responsibility.”"
- The world of cricket is generally not one to be hurried but this game was organised in just 12 days.
- Wendy, a shop assistant from the town of Bannockburn in Victoria, had bought a ticket just to “see Warnie in the flesh.”
- Wendy was far from surprised at how quickly the locals had embraced cricket’s aid efforts.
“The people here are sport mad,” she said. “Big events are absolutely their second love after beer.”
