Mumbai, December 4, 2007
eBay India , India 's leading online marketplace gives you an exclusive opportunity to face Sri Lanka 's spin wizard and the highest wicket-taker in Test match history Muttiah Muralitharan. The ace off-spinner has decided to offer this unique opportunity to raise funds for his own charity, the Foundation of Goodness which is committed to creating better opportunities for the disadvantaged rural children and youth, affected in the 2004 tsunami.
This once in a lifetime opportunity to face the ace cricketer Murali is available to all cricket fans and eBay users worldwide. Log onto eBay India ( www.ebay.in/charity ) to bid on the charity auction between December 4 and December 11, 2007. The highest bidder will face 10 deliveries from the master spinner on December 16, 2007 at the Seenigama Oval in Galle , Sri Lanka .
The master bowler will unveil his full range of tricks, including his off break, top spinner, doosra and the new flipper . To add to the occasion, Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene will be standing at slip and Kumar Sangakkara will be keeping wickets, just like at any Sri Lanka Test match over the years. What's more, the winner will also get one of Murali's personally owned Sri Lanka jersey and an autographed ball .
Says Muttiah Muralitharan " The Foundation of Goodness is a great charity helping hundreds of families in the south and I hope that this online auction will raise lots of funds to help disadvantaged children. I am really looking forward to the occasion and can assure the winner that I'll be trying all my variations."
Log on to www.ebay.in/charity to bid for the game of your life with Muttiah Muralitharan !
About Foundation of Goodness
All the funds raised by the online auction will be donated to the Foundation of Goodness, a registered grassroots charity committed to creating better opportunities for disadvantaged rural children and youth destroyed in the 2004 tsunami. The charity is currently working with 25 villages in the south of Sri Lanka . Visit the Foundation of Goodness website at www.unconditionalcompassion.com
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