{{Rwanda is expected to get a new cricket stadium constructed by funds raised from auctioning British Prime Minister David Cameron\u2019s most valuable possessions.}}<\/p>\n
Cameron who considered a bat signed by Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar as one of his ‘most valuable possessions’, has donated it to raise money for a cricket stadium in Rwanda. <\/p>\n
The bat fetched 3,400 pounds at an auction at the Lord’s to raise funds for the stadium project. <\/p>\n
During an event of the Conservative Friends of India, Cameron had spoken how he cherished the bat and Tendulkar’s signature during his visit to India in 2010.<\/p>\n
He told the Indian audience that he was horrified when he saw his wife Samantha play French cricket with the same bat at the Chequers, the Prime Minister’s country residence, adding: “I said, ‘No, darling, put it down, this is probably the most valuable possession I have.’<\/p>\n
The auction, held in the Long Room at Lord’s, was to commemorate the life of Christopher Shale, Cameron’s constituency chairman, who was found dead at the Glastonbury festival last summer. <\/p>\n
Shale’s son, Edo, said the event raised almost 130,000 pounds for the project. <\/p>\n
He Press that “We are all delighted and a little exhausted. These funds are the springboard this charity needs to take us into the construction phase of the cricket stadium.”<\/p>\n
The Rwandan cricket team is the team that represents the country of Rwanda in international cricket matches. <\/p>\n
They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2003. Their international debut came in the African Affiliates Championship in 2004, where they finished seventh. <\/p>\n
In 2006 they competed in Division Three of the African region of the World Cricket League, improving their performance and finishing in sixth. They will remain in Division Three in 2008.<\/p>\n
Rwanda has a junior U-17 team participating in the East Africa Regional U-17 Tournament. In their first match in the 2008 version of the tournament the team lost to Uganda by 10 wickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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