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Thursday, Dec 30, 2004

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Australian team's noble gesture

MELBOURNE, DEC. 29 . Australia's cricketers have donated the prize-money they won from the Boxing Day Test to the disaster relief funds of the South-East Asian tsunami and earthquake victims.

More than 56,000 people were killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines last weekend, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting announced the team's gesture after Australia's nine-wicket victory over Pakistan at the MCG on Wednesday.

Ponting said the figure was around $13,000 and promised there were more fund-raising initiatives in the pipeline.

``We are very supportive of a number of charity fund-raising events that the team can do to help out these victims,'' Ponting told a post-match press conference.

``One thing that we have decided to do from today's game is to donate all of our winning prize-money from this Test match, which is about $13,000 which the team has decided to donate to the fund.'' — AFP

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