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 Special thanks to the whole team at SBS (Radio and Television) for taking this story through to its logical conclusion and for providing me the opportunity of pursuing this story in India.  Heartfelt thanks to the Guyett family of Warrnambool, three generations of which have embodied the spirit that underlies the Pooran Singh phenomenon – friendship, dignity, honour and respect. Thanks to Len and Chris for alerting us to this story and sincere thanks to Harmel for letting me share and report on what must be an extremely personal and private story.  Sincere thanks are also due to the outstanding sports person and outstanding human being, Kapil Dev, who made a special effort to come to Australia for Pooran’s ashes. I joked with him that once he had committed to come here, I dared not ask him about his appearance fee, because I knew we couldn’t afford it! It must be said though, when he played cricket, we saw him bowl many spectacular deliveries and saw his bat push many boundaries; but now, with the Pooran connection, it is with his generosity that he’s smashing many a boundary, winning many a heart with a very special delivery that he took back home – an Australian Punjabi’s ashes.

And for all those cricket lovers for whom ashes has had a very different meaning until recently, well, a small Victorian town called Warrnambool and a Punjabi migrant named Pooran Singh, have just changed all of that.

 
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