South Africa donate for tsunami-affected

As help pour in from all over the world for tsunami victims, the South African Cricket Board has pledged to play their own part by donating all proceeds from the third Test against England to the survivors of the calamity.

Signed shirts from both South African and English teams would be raffled over the five days of the third Test match starting in Cape Town on Sunday, Gerald Majola, Chief Executive Officer of the United Cricket Board of South Africa said in a statement on Saturday.

All proceeds from the ticket sales would also go for the same cause, he said.

"Our deepest sympathies and condolences go to all those affected by the disaster across the entire region," he said.

"Obviously we have close links with a number of the countries badly affected. Our team played in Galle in Sri Lanka in July and was in India in November.

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"The UCB and Cricket South Africa (Pty) Ltd will also be making a donation. Joint Test match sponsors MTN in conjunction with CSA have pledged to donate all funds generated from the use of the CSA Cricket Hotline number to the disaster relief fund," he said.

Fans are urged to SMS the words 'Cricket Supporter' to the Hotline number 083 123 6464 for contributions.

All income rose from the promos that ran at the first and second Tests will also be added to those generated at the third edition and donated to the fund, he said.

The English team has already contributed 15,000 British pounds for disaster relief.