da pinup bet： Three awards are up for grabs in this year’s NatWest Series: The Player of The NatWest Series, Catch of The NatWest Series and Fans’ Player of The NatWest Series, in addition to the presentation of the trophy to the winning side
Media Release21-Jun-2001Three awards are up for grabs in this year’s NatWest Series: The Player of The NatWest Series, Catch of The NatWest Series and Fans’ Player of The NatWest Series, in addition to the presentation of the trophy to the winning side.The winning team will receive a cheque for £20,000 and each winning playerwill be presented with a specially commissioned black stump with an engravedsilver brace.The Player of The NatWest Series will be selected by a media panel toinclude representatives from each of the three competing nations, England,Australia and Pakistan. The winner will be presented with an engraved goldmedal and a cheque for £3,000.Sky Sports selected the following six outstanding catches in TheNatWest Series, and today awarded Catch of The NatWest Series to ShahidAfridi (Pakistan) v England at Lord’s on 12th June. Shahid will bepresented with his medal and cheque for £2,000 on Saturday at Lord’s.
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) v England Edgbaston Thursday 7 JuneSaeed Anwar (Pakistan) v England Edgbaston Thursday 7 JuneShane Warne (Australia) v England Bristol Sunday 10 JuneShahid Afridi (Pakistan) v England Lord’s Tuesday 12 JuneNick Knight (England) v Australia Manchester Thursday 14 JuneAndrew Symonds (Australia) v England Manchester Thursday 14 JuneFans will also have a chance to vote for their Player of The NatWestSeries this week by logging on to the official NatWest Series website,www.natwestseries.com. The Fans Player of The NatWest Series will bepresented with a cheque of £1,000 and an engraved medal.The NatWest Series is the triangular One-Day International tournamentinvolving England and the two visiting Test teams. All matches running from7 June through to the final at Lords on 23 June are broadcast live on SkyTV.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 Cricket World Cup, NatWest became the firsttitle sponsor of the new international, one-day triangular competition, TheNatWest Series.NatWest, now part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, is one of the largestbanks in the UK. NatWest provides a whole range of financial services toover 7 million personal and business customers. NatWest has over 1,640branches and operates nearly 3,800 cash machines.