da mrbet： NatWest are bringing cricket fans live, free coverage of the NatWest Series match between England and Australia at Old Trafford, tomorrow at the first-ever NatWest Giant Screen Event in Manchester
Media Release13-Jun-2001NatWest are bringing cricket fans live, free coverage of the NatWest Series match between England and Australia at Old Trafford, tomorrow at the first-ever NatWest Giant Screen Event in Manchester.With all games sold out and Old Trafford being one of the first venues tosell all tickets, the first NatWest Giant Screen Event will offer family andfriends a free, action-packed and social day out. Located at the G-Mexcentre forecourt on Thursday 14 June, coverage of this day/night game willbe broadcast live on the giant screen from 2pm, with food and drinkavailable throughout.The NatWest Series is the triangular one-day international tournamentbetween England and the two visiting teams, Australia and Pakistan, runningfrom 7 June through to the final at Lord’s on 23 June.England will be hoping to improve on their recent performances that tookthem so close to winning against both Australia and Pakistan in the NatWestSeries so far this year. Fans can join in and enjoy the big-match atmospherewith free four and six cards, as well as having the chance to win a cricketbat signed by all three teams competing in this year’s NatWest Series.The NatWest Giant Screen Event is part of a series of new NatWestinitiatives introduced this year to encourage and develop people’s interestin cricket. The ‘Cricket in Unusual Places’ promotion that is taking cricketinto shopping centres across the country has been a huge success. Theroadshows that have taken place in Durham, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchesterand Bluewater, Kent, with one in Leeds to come, have given the youngergeneration the opportunity to test their cricket skills.NatWest has been a major sponsor of cricket since 1981 when the bank began20 years of sponsorship of the NatWest Trophy. In 2000, following asuccessful sponsorship of the 1999 Cricket World Cup, NatWest become thefirst title sponsor of the new international, one-day triangularcompetition, the NatWest Series.NatWest, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, is one of the biggestbanks in the UK. NatWest provides a whole range of financial services toover seven million personal and business customers. NatWest has over 1,640branches and operates nearly 3,800 cash machines.