NatWest giant screen brings cricket to G-Mex centre

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.

With all games sold out and Old Trafford being one of the first venues to sell all tickets, the first NatWest Giant Screen Event will offer family and friends a free, action-packed and social day out. Located at the G-Mex centre forecourt on Thursday 14 June, coverage of this day/night game will be broadcast live on the giant screen from 2pm, with food and drink available throughout.

The NatWest Series is the triangular one-day international tournament between England and the two visiting teams, Australia and Pakistan, running from 7 June through to the final at Lord's on 23 June.

England will be hoping to improve on their recent performances that took them so close to winning against both Australia and Pakistan in the NatWest Series so far this year. Fans can join in and enjoy the big-match atmosphere with free four and six cards, as well as having the chance to win a cricket bat signed by all three teams competing in this year's NatWest Series.

The NatWest Giant Screen Event is part of a series of new NatWest initiatives introduced this year to encourage and develop people's interest in cricket. The 'Cricket in Unusual Places' promotion that is taking cricket into shopping centres across the country has been a huge success. The roadshows that have taken place in Durham, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester and Bluewater, Kent, with one in Leeds to come, have given the younger generation the opportunity to test their cricket skills.

NatWest has been a major sponsor of cricket since 1981 when the bank began 20 years of sponsorship of the NatWest Trophy. In 2000, following a successful sponsorship of the 1999 Cricket World Cup, NatWest become the first title sponsor of the new international, one-day triangular competition, the NatWest Series.

NatWest, now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, is one of the biggest banks in the UK. NatWest provides a whole range of financial services to over seven million personal and business customers. NatWest has over 1,640 branches and operates nearly 3,800 cash machines.