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Lost and found Australian cricketer gets World Cup memorabilia back
Posted: Tuesday September 07, 1999 01:46 PM
SYDNEY, Australia (CNN/SI) -- Michael Bevan finally got his World Cup gear back Friday after his manager paid an unnamed man A$5,000 (US$3,300) in a Sydney parking lot. Bevan, who had offered the reward earlier Friday, returned to his unit on Thursday afternoon after the Australian team's World Cup win in England and a welcome home parade in Melbourne. The cricketer had put his travel gear inside his apartment in Manly, but had left his cricket gear outside the door because the bag was muddy and wet. Bevan had gone out to see a friend only to find on his return five hours later that the bag was gone. The bag contained eight yellow World Cup shirts signed by the Australian World Cup-winning squad, four cricket bats autographed by the team, two Australian-badged helmets, two floppy hats and two caps, two pairs of cricket gloves, two pairs of shoes, cricket pads and other gear. Bevan said the gear became wet when he dragged the bag through the rain. "I guess it wasn't the smartest place to leave the gear," he said. "It was just habit more than anything." A spokesman from Bevan's management company said he received the anonymous tip about the items, stolen from a sports bag outside Bevan's Manly apartment on Thursday, after a series of police appeals to return the goods.
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