CRICKET WORLD CUP 2003
Bradman boost for SA cricket
20 September 2002
A number of pieces of rare Sir Donald Bradman cricket memorabilia - including a bronze bust, one of only seven in the world, valued at R150 000 - will go on auction during the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Proceeds from the auctions of Bradman and Australian cricket artworks, together valued at almost R2-million, will go towards establishing turf cricket ovals in previously disadvantaged areas in South Africa.
Other items donated by Bradman’s Walk to Glory programme include an oil painting of Bradman – widely acknowledged as the greatest player in the history of cricket – stepping onto the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1937, just before going on to score a double-century against England. The cricketer’s bible, Wisden, voted that innings the greatest ever played.
A rare set of Bradman commemorative coins donated by the Perth Mint - whose CEO is former Transvaal paceman Don Mackay-Coghill - will also go under the hammer.
The auctions will
take place during four gala banquets that will be staged during the course of next year’s tournament.
According to Cricket World Cup executive director Doctor Ali Bacher, the legacy of the 2003 tournament will be to leave 50 turf cricket ovals in previously disadvantaged areas in South Africa.
SouthAfrica.info reporter. Source: ICC Cricket World Cup
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