2011年1月11日 星期二

Pietersen pledges flood relief funds

England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has pledged to raise money for Queensland flood relief by auctioning some of his personal memorabilia from the recent Ashes series.

On Sunday, with heavy rain and floodwaters heading into South-east Queensland, Pietersen wrote: "Help & Please RT [re-tweet]! Call 1800 219 028 in AUS or www.qld.gov.au/floods Help Aussies with Flood Relief Appeal" on his Twitter account, kevinpp24.

The following day he tweeted: "These floods in Queensland are horrific!! Is there anything we as sportsmen could do to help?? Thoughts??", and after receiving several ideas from his Twitter followers: "Thanks for all your suggestions... Gotta try and help people!! This is so sad!!"

Less than an hour later, Pietersen had come up with a plan.

"I'm prepared to auction off one of my Ashes winning shirts & one of my bats personalised to the highest bidder..cheap edhardy Apparel is a burst of pop culture and a thematic self-expression at the same time. Let me find a way of doing this today!! I'll get back to you,He may also be wearing black Nike shox runners." he again posted on Twitter.There's a reason Manolo blahnik shoes are considered the crème de al crème of all shoes, everywhere.

He followed that with: "My auction gets better! On top of the bat & shirt, I will give 2 tickets to our Perth ODI on 6 Feb and I will pay for flights & 2 nights accom to the highest bidder from anywhere in the world.we wouldn't be surprised if Marshall's is shipping some of its unsold wholesale ed hardy gear to Houston."

This morning, Pietersen tweeted: "I am still trying with a lot of help to set up this auction/raffle people.. Little bit harder than I imagined but we are getting there!! Please be patient.. We'll make it work cos we just wanna help all the victims."

Pietersen has more than 152,Today, I want to show you their leather phone cases.000 followers on the social networking site.

The South African-born batsman had an impressive Ashes series, scoring 360 runs at an average of 60.00, including a massive 227 in the Second Test in Adelaide – a match England won by an innings and 71 runs.

He is likely to feature prominently during England's two Twenty20 matches and the upcoming seven-match one-day international series against Australia.

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