South African cricket memorabilia auction
Published March 31st, 2006
An auction of cricket memorabilia relating to South Africa’s world-record score of 9-438 against Australia in the fifth one-day international at Johannesburg on March 12 was held to raise funds for the Desmond Tutu Diversity Trust, as part of celebrations of Tutu’s 75th birthday.
The major item for auction was a framed scorecard of the match. Shane Warne had everyone’s attention after bidding an astonishing 95,000 Rand (roughly $A24,000).
“However, Warne was pipped at the post by a South African fan who placed the final bid of R105,000 for the item, a framed collage including a Proteas team shirt signed by the players, the official scorecards from both world record-breaking innings, and signed pictures of Herschelle Gibbs and Ricky Ponting during their century knocks as well as signed pictures of Makhaya Ntini and Graeme Smith,” organisers said in a statement.
