Shoaib pleads for quake match

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Shoaib pleads for quake match
By Robert Craddock
October 12, 2005

FAST bowler Shoaib Akhtar has made an emotional approach to the International Cricket Council to play a one-day fundraising game in Australia next week for the victims of the Pakistan earthquake.

Shoaib has approached ICC president Ehsan Mani and chief executive Malcolm Speed hoping they can organise a game to raise funds for victims of the earthquake, which killed at least 40,000 people in north-eastern Pakistan.

The earthquake, which registered 7.6 on the Richter scale, was Pakistan’s worst for more than 100 years and left more than 42,000 injured and 4.5 million homeless.

“If the ICC asks the players to play they will play, so I really urge them to step forward,” Shoaib said.

Shoaib and his World XI teammates are in Sydney preparing for a six-day Super Test against Australia at the SCG on Friday.

"The players are here for another 10 days so there is time to organise it and play it after the Super Test. Malcolm Speed told me he thought it was a good idea. We can raise a lot of money.

“We all saw the generosity of the Australian people with the tsunami game and it would be good to do it again.”

The ICC yesterday agreed to donate $650,000 to the earthquake relief fund but officials had no comment to make about whether Shoaib’s suggestion would go further.

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well done shoaib!!

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Cricket to aid earthquake victims

:jazak: :clap:

**Cricket to aid earthquake victims **](BBC SPORT | Cricket | Cricket to aid earthquake victims)

Cricket’s governing body will donate revenue from the Super Series Test for the victims of the Pakistan earthquake instead of staging a separate match.

**Money raised from the second day’s play between Australia and a World XI in Sydney on Saturday will be donated. **

International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed said it had looked at staging a charity match.

But he added: “We think the approach we’re taking is a more effective way of addressing the issue.”

**The ICC kickstarted the fundraising by giving £340,000 to the Australian Red Cross and Speed added there would be a number of initiatives at the game on Saturday for fans to raise more money. **

Speed said: “We believe that’s the best way that cricket can show it’s remorse, can show the people of the countries that have been affected that we’re thinking of them and we’re concerned to do whatever we can to ease the suffering at this terrible time.”

**Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar had initially approached the ICC with the idea of staging a separate charity match. **

Speed added: “I spoke to Shoaib about that and he’s happy and appreciative of the approach we’ve taken.”

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq said his players had agreed to donate 25% of their match fees from the upcoming series against England to the appeal.

We will also be approaching the International Cricket Council to accord official status to the match once the details are finalised

**And England players have pledged their match fees from the first one-dayer in Lahore on 10 December - a match in which all the gate proceeds will go to the official Earthquake Relief Fund.

Meanwhile the Asian Cricket Council is planning to hold a one-day international to raise funds.

ACC president Jagmohan Dalmiya said the details of the match - venue and date - would be revealed next week. **

“We will also be approaching the International Cricket Council to accord official status to the match once the details are finalised,” he said.

The ICC observed a minute’s silence on Tuesday at its awards ceremony in Sydney, Australia, in memory of those who lost their lives in the terrible tragedy.

At least 33,000 people have died since the massive tremor struck northern Pakistan and Kashmir on Saturday. The ICC will donate £340,000 towards relief efforts.

**PCB employees will will donate four days salary.

Yorkshire County Cricket Club will donate a percentage of proceeds from advance ticket sales for next year’s Test against Pakistan in Leeds.**

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:k:

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Re: Shoaib pleads for quake match

good good :D:D:D:D
inshallah the ICC will agree innit

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they declined!

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loosers!

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they r gonna alternatively dedicate the super series test to the earthquake victims....
and they say shoaib is happy with the way ICC dealt with his request....
i think ICC is also seding in $500,000....

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forget them the asian countries will stage something spectacular Inshallah

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Re: Shoaib pleads for quake match

An Indo-Pak game is on plan, as it was said on a media channel (but no inet link for it)

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Re: Shoaib pleads for quake match

More and more efforts are needed such as this one.

There are always few red tapes along the way. but there are other avenues too.