Ponting, Warne to captain charity
Cricket matchMCG or SCG could host BBL final curtain-raiserRicky Ponting and Shane Warne are hoping to persuade Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and MS Dhoni to join their star-studded teams in next month’s bushfire relief match.
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The two
Australian greats will come out of retirement to captain the sides in Cricket Australia’s Bushfire Cricket Bash, which will be played as a curtain-raiser to the Big Bash League final on February 8. The matches will form part of a triple-header of cricket on the same day, with Australia to host
India in a women’s Twenty20 international in Melbourne.