Ex-Australian spinner Shane Warne's baggy cap raises A$1m for bushfire charity at auction
Sydney/IBNS: Australia's former leg-spinner Shane Warne's attempt to raise money to help bushfire victims of the nation raised one million Australian dollars.
He put his priced "baggy green" Australian cap for auction.
Shane Warne, considered as one of the best spinners to play the game, wore the cap throughout his 145-Test career, in which he took 708 wickets.
The bushfire crisis has been going on in the country since September last year. So far, 27 people have died.
Australia's Commonwealth Bank was responsible for the winning bid which came in the auction's final minute, reported BBC.
The money raised in the auction process will go to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund.
The CBA has said it will take Warne's cap on a national tour to raise money for communities devastated by bushfires before becoming a permanent exhibit at the Bradman Museum in Bowral, reported The Sydney Morning Herald.
Thankyou so much to everyone that placed a bid & a huge Thankyou / congrats to the successful bidder - you have blown me away with your generosity and this was way beyond my expectations ! The money will go direct to the Red Cross bushfire appeal. Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou â¤ï¸ pic.twitter.com/vyVcA7NfGs
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) January 9, 2020
Thanking people, Shane tweeted: "Thankyou so much to everyone that placed a bid & a huge Thankyou / congrats to the successful bidder - you have blown me away with your generosity and this was way beyond my expectations ! The money will go direct to the Red Cross bushfire appeal. Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou."
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