FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Australia Nets - Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - June 23, 2018 Australia coach Ricky Ponting during nets Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former Australian cricketing greats Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne will temporarily come out of retirement to play in a charity Twenty20 match next month as sports organisations and athletes seek ways to raise funds for bushfire relief.
Since October, thousands of Australians have faced repeat evacuations as huge and unpredictable fires scorched more than 10.3 million hectares (25.5 million acres), an area roughly the size of South Korea.
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