The worth of shane warne's test Cap Shane Warne Australia legend's Baggy Green cap raises A$1MILLION. Shane Warne Puts Up His Cap On Auction To Raise Funds For Bushfire Victims Shane Warne has raised one million Australian dollars (£528,514) for the bushfire appeal after his "baggy green" Australia cap was sold at auction.
The legendary leg-spinner, 50, wore the cap throughout his 145-Test career, in which he took 708 wickets.
The bushfire crisis has been ongoing in Australia since September and 27 people have died.
Australia's Commonwealth Bank was responsible for the winning bid which came in the auction's final minute.
Warne said he was "blown away" by the generosity and the final figure was "way beyond my expectations".
All money raised - the final price was A$1,007,500 - will go to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund.
The Commonwealth Bank revealed it bought the cap and will take it on a national tour to continue to raise money for communities affected by the bushfires, before it permanently resides in the Bradman Museum.
Warne is Test cricket's second most successful bowler, with only fellow spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (800) of Sri Lanka taking more wickets.
The final price is more than double the A$425,000 (£225,000) legendary Australia batsman Sir Donald Bradman's baggy green fetched in 2003.
The baggy green is given to an Australia player when he makes his Test debut, and cricketers usually wear the same cap throughout their career.
A host of tennis stars, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Serena Williams, have also pledged their support to the bushfire appeal.
Brighton's Australian goalkeeper Mat Ryan has said he will donate A$500 (£263) for every save made by a Premier League goalkeeper this weekend.
Shane Warne Puts Up His Cap On Auction To Raise Funds For Bushfire Victims. Australian cricket Star Shane Warne decided to auction off his coveted baggy green cap for raising funds for the victims of the bushfires’ victims here on Monday. “I’m hopeful that the highly coveted item could bag a pretty penny for the victims of bushesfire,” said Shane Warne while talking to a tv.
“I wore this cap in 145 test matches and now I have decided to put it up for auction,” he further said. He hoped that much amount of funds would be raised through auction of his cap,”.
He went on to say: “Everyone wants to help out because it has touched us all and my way of help is that I’ll give my cap to someone for funds for the victims,”.
The fire in Australian forest has burnt many houses in the area and has left thousands of people homeless.
Taking to Instagram, Shane Warne made this announcement saying that he wore the cap throughout his 145-match Test career.
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