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Funds pour in for tsunami victims from Down Under
It seems that the entire civilised world is coming into terms with the enormity of the disaster that hit Sri Lanka and its neighbours and thus how vulnerable the entire world is against the power of nature.

This morning we here down under woke up to the news that the establishment of cricket was planning to host a charity match for the tsunami victims. Frantic negotiations were going on Friday across the cricketing world in a bid to stage Rest of the World vs Australia match in Australia in January to raise money for this cause.

Federation of International Cricketers Chief Executive Tim May set the ball rolling by sending out a proposal to all world player associations asking them if they would like to support a game which would likely be held in Melbourne on January 12. It is told that if the game is held it will raise millions of dollars for the much needed cause.

The cricketers who will not appear in this game will be the players from England and South Africa who are at present engaged in a gruelling battle of their own.

In the meantime the Australian team who won the second Test and the series rubber against Pakistan donated their match winning money of $(Australian) 17,000 to the Tsunami victims. In incidents other than cricket the city of Townsville cancelled their new-year fire works celebrations and donated the money to the victims. Here in Brisbane the fireworks went on, but the revellers are planning to dig deep into their pockets towards the victim fund in a move they say that could raise more funds than just canceling the fireworks and giving that money to the tsunami victims.

The incident has jolted the citizens of Australia. At present there are many people who are coming forward and inquiring as to how they could directly send in help to people in Sri Lanka.

It is also speculated that some of the players who headed back home will come over to Australia to take part in the charity match if they are invited.

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