The gold bar on offer at the first test between South Africa and Australia to any batsman hitting a billboard target with a six will again be up for grabs during all seven matches of the one-day series.
Australia’s Adam Gilchrist went close to claiming the prize during his whirlwind double century in the first test at the Wanderers, but the ingot has not been offered for the second test at Newlands or the third test in Durban.
But any player who can hit the target, measuring 5 x 2.5 metres and set square of the wicket about 100 metres from the pitch, will win the monetary equivalent of a 404.5 ounces (12.581 kg) bar of gold from Gold Fields.
**At the current gold price of $292 an ounce, it is worth just over $118,000. **
Any idea who might win it? Will players be trying to go for it deliberately or will it be pure luck?
[This message has been edited by ehsan (edited March 12, 2002).]