Mitchell Starc auctions match shoes for cancer fundraiser
Australian speedster Mitchell Starc has put up a pair of his used shoes for auction on e-commerce website eBay as part of a fundraiser for the Leukaemia foundation in Australia. All the funds which are going to be raised in the auction will be donated to the Foundation through the participation of Grant Baldwin, who is an Australian Cricket Team Staff Member, in the Melbourne Marathon in October 2016.
This was a great move by Mitchell Starc, as the amount expected to be raised is extremely high, and it is all going towards a great cause.
The pair of shoes which were put up on Ebay by Starc himself was personally signed pair of Asics Cricket spikes which were worn throughout the whole of the Australian Cricket team's tour of Sri Lanka in 2016.
The bid for the shoes started at 100 Australian dollars and the amount has been increasing every day.
Mitchell Starc informed everybody about the auction through his official twitter account.
Just over 6 days to go in the auction for these shoes towards funds for the @LeukaemiaAus .. @CricketAus https://t.co/iKno15hsLK
— Mitch Starc (@mstarc56) September 16, 2016
In the description of the item put up on eBay, the e-commerce website referred to Mitchell Starc as a legend.
The shoes can be bought from here :
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/172338319874
Also Read : Australia's Mitchell Starc undergoes surgery after training mishap
Mitchell Starc who recently underwent surgery after a training mishap is currently recovering and hopes to make it back in time for the test series against South Africa which begins in November. He required 30 stitches on Thursday (September 15) after suffering a deep laceration to his left shin during a fielding stint.
"Mitchell was taken to St George hospital in an ambulance this afternoon suffering a deep laceration to his left shin after colliding with some training equipment," CA chief medical officer John Orchard said.
"Fortunately there were no bone fractures or tendon damage to his leg and he underwent surgery this afternoon to clean the wound and received approximately 30 stitches."
Starc has been the spearhead bowler for Australia for the past few years now and we hope to see him back in action soon.