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The Australian Transplant Cricket Club

The Australia Transplant Cricket Club (ATCC) is without doubt very unique . All players representing the ATCC have received a life-altering organ transplant. In keeping with the famous Ashes tradition, the ATCC was born out of the natural sporting rivalry that exists between Australia and England.

One of the major aims of the cricket team is to actively promote organ donation in conjunction with Transplant Australia. Whilst Australia has one of the best transplant success rates in the world, it has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the developed world. The ATCC aims to raise awareness of the need for organ donation and encourage all Australians to consider organ donation so that lives aren't lost to chronic disease where transplantation is a viable form of treatment.

The mascot for the club is the Australian hairy-nosed wombat; with the team members being referred to as The Wombats. This came about after some friendly sledging of an English opening batsman who was seen to be poking around, a bit like an old wombat. One of the fielders called out "Give him the wombat ball" and like good mud, it stuck.

The Australian Transplant Cricket Club boasts a unique collection of talented individuals from Western Australia to New South Wales and from Tasmania to Queensland, all with their very own story of triumph against the odds and all with a strong desire to represent their country on the cricket field. Above all else they each have immense gratitude to their donor families who made a courageous decision to give the gift of life in tragic circumstances.

Indeed every time the team takes the field, there are 11 players representing 22 peoples lives.

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