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| October 22, 2005 | Saturday | Ramzan 17, 1426 |
‘Bodyline’ bat sold for $12,500
LONDON, Oct 21: A cricket bat used by England fast bowler Harold Larwood during the MCC’s Bodyline tour of Australia in 1932-33 has been sold for US$12,540 at auction.
The bat, signed by the England team, was sold by auctioneers Keys in Aylsham, Norfolk.
Experts had estimated that the batwould fetch about $2410.
A spokeswomen for Keys said the souvenir had been bought by a private collector.
The bat had been given away by Larwood and came to light in a loft earlier this year, she said.—PPI
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