Shane Warne puts Baggy Green up for auction to raise bushfire funds
Shane Warne has put his famous Baggy Green cap up for grabs in a tremendous gesture to help raise funds for the Bushfire Appeal.
The Aussie cricket legend announced the generous decision during day four of the third Test between Australia and New Zealand.
“The bushfires have been absolutely horrific, they’ve touched all of us in a way,” Warne told Fox Cricket.
“To see the total devastation, lives have been lost, families have been lost, over 500 million wildlife has died. The stories are horrific.
“We always wore this the first session of a bowling day every time and I’ve had that baggy green cap my whole career and I’ve decided to put it up for auction.”
As soon as it went online, former England skipper Michael Vaughan placed an offer of $25,000 but that sum was surpassed in an instant.
The bids kept increasing for the piece of Australian cricket memorabilia as within the first 90 minutes the amount had reached the six-figure mark. As of Tuesday morning, the highest bid was a whopping $315,000.
The auction is set to run for a week with the figure expected to climb even further and potentially reach Sir Donald Bradman’s baggy green which fetched $425,000 in 2003.
Shane Warne Baggy Green updates
9 pm (AEDT): $311,000
6:30pm: $302,500
5pm: $275,500
4:30pm: $100,000
4pm: $20,000
3:30pm: $6,100
3:06pm: Bidding opens
If you want to bid on Warney’s famous baggy green, you can do so here.
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