TICKETS for the Ricky Ponting tribute match at Aurora Stadium are selling at a faster rate than any other sporting event at the Launceston venue, as more cricketing names are unveiled for the Twenty20 encounter.
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By late yesterday, 3473 tickets and more than 350 corporate spaces had been sold for the 20,000 capacity ground.
Ponting's former team-mates in openers Matthew Hayden and Ed Cowan, fast bowler Brett Lee, swing bowler Damien Fleming and batsman Greg Blewett, as well as former Test and one-day great Dean Jones were yesterday named to take part in the January 30 contest.
The game will be played under lights on Aurora Stadium's new drop-in wicket.
They join wicketkeepers Adam Gilchrist and Ian Healy, opener Justin Langer and all-rounder Andrew Symonds in sides that will be captained by Ponting and Gilchrist.
Ponting's manager James Henderson said yesterday the game was shaping up as a reunion for Ponting with some of his closest cricket mates.
``What we're finding as we talk to more guys and they realise who is playing, they are really keen to come back and play with their mates again,'' he said.
`All funds raised will go to the Ponting Foundation for distribution back into the Tasmanian health care system, to help Tasmanians and their families beat cancer.
FAST FACTS
WHAT: Ricky Ponting tribute match.
WHERE: Aurora Stadium, Launceston.
WHEN: Thursday, January 30.
HOW MUCH: General admission $10 for adults and $2 for children aged 6 to 15. Seats $15 for adults and $7 for children aged 6 to 15. Tickets available from Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.com.au
