Cricket Puts On a Show to Aid Tsunami Victims ; World's Finest Players Put On One-Day Wonder in Australia to Raise Funds for Relief Effort After Flood Tide Devastates the Game's Heartlands, Reports Ian Chadband

Evening Standard - London › January 10, 2005

Linked as:

Summary

ABILLION of us may have been watching it on TV all over the globe, from England to South Africa to New Zealand. Just a game of cricket, that was all it was, but in an age for professional sport where greed and selfishness are supposed to be driving forces, might this just have represented sport's finest hour?

They lined up at the Melbourne CG, heads bowed, 24 of the world's finest cricketers united by sorrow, selflessness and purpose in front of 80,000 fans all immaculately observing a minute's silence for the victims of the tsunami disaster. Then they went out to put on a show which may go down as sport's very own Live Aid moment.

See the full content of this document

Extract

Cricket Puts On a Show to Aid Tsunami Victims ; World's Finest Players Put On One-Day Wonder in Australia to Raise Funds for Relief Effort After Flood Tide Devastates the Game's Heartlands, Reports Ian Chadband

It was the day when, in world cricket's busiest period, one of the finest cast lists the game has ever seen assembled on one field dropped everything to come together for a common cause, offering their service...

See the full content of this document