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MORE PARTNERS SIGN UP TO INTERNATIONAL CRICKET SERIES

ABN AMRO and Emirates Airline have become Official Partners of the Johnnie Walker Super Series, where world champions Australia will take on ICC World XI sides.

October's series features three One Day Internationals at Melbourne’s Telstra Dome and a six-day Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground that boasts a $1million prize for the winning team.

Both parties join Hero Honda, the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturer, as partners to the event.

ABN AMRO, one of the 10 largest banks in the world, already supports a number of major events, including the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and the Volvo Ocean Race 2005.

It also has links with Ajax Football Club in Amsterdam and in 2004 it backed the triangular cricket tournament in Amstelveen, Holland, which featured India, Australia and Pakistan.

Ghaith Al Ghaith, Emirates executive vice president commercial operations worldwide, said: "We are delighted to have signed up as an official partner of what promises to be one of the most exciting sporting events of the year.

"We have demonstrated our support for top-class cricket for over three years now, through our relationship with the ICC, and we are excited to have taken this a step further with the Super Series."