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Tuesday, 22 November 2005 |
England cricketers' Xmas chart bid
England's cricketers are hoping to be top of the pop charts at
Christmas with their new charity single. The team have got together
with singer Keedie to sing a new version of Jerusalem, which became the
unofficial team anthem during the summer Ashes series.
They recorded the single, which will be released on 12 December, during
the current tour to Pakistan and the proceeds will be divided between
the Asian earthquake appeal fund and two cricket charities.
Opening batsman Marcus Trescothick said: "We have to keep people aware. It's five weeks since the quake happened.
"If people aren't reminded daily or weekly, then the funds won't come
in and the people will not cope with the disaster as well as they could
do."
Last month Marcus Trescothick and England captain Michael Vaughan took
to the skies in an RAF helicopter to help distribute aid to survivors
of the earthquake.
The record should help towards the England and Wales Cricket Board's target of raising £100,000 for the appeal.
However, there's stiff competition in the battle to reach number one in
the charts with an all-star version of The Buzzcocks' Ever Fallen in
Love that has just been released as a tribute to the late John Peel,
with all money raised going to Amnesty International. Also The
Choirboys - CJ Porter-Thaw, 11, Patrick Aspbury, 12, and Ben Inman,
also 12 - are releasing a version of Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven,
which will benefit the NSPCC.
Other contenders for the number one slot are Westlife's duet with Diana
Ross on When You tell Me that You Love Me, Tony Christie's cover of
Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody and Jingle Bell by Crazy Frog.
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