The Brisbane Heat, Queensland Bulls and Queensland Fire will throw their collective weight behind delivering a bumper Play Cricket Week roll-out throughout the State this week, with the theme of 'Cricket Anywhere' emphasising cricket is a sport for all that can be played at any time, anywhere.
Play Cricket Week Underway
The players will join with Queensland Cricket community staff to make 73 appearances at schools, clubs and regional showcases across Queensland in a seven-day blitz starting from today through until next Sunday.
Rookie Bulls and Heat pace bowler Calluim Vidler joined with Junior Blasters players from the Gold Coast to play cricket with some attentive aquatic hosts at Sea World on the Gold Coast to help launch Play Cricket week (pictured).
Among the activities planned is the StreetSmarts Regional tour, taking in major activations in Townsville, Mackay/Whitsundays, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Brisbane.
There will also be events taking place in Cairns, Toowoomba, Gladstone, Biloela, Charters Towers, Clermont, Proserpine, Jimboomba, Innisfail, Tolga, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Rockhampton as well as throughout Brisbane, Redlands, Logan, Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Scenic Rim, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.
A full list of activities is available at https://www.brisbaneheat.com.au/play-cricket-week
Clubs and associations throughout Queensland are also underway with registrations and sign-on activities for the coming season through www.playcricket.com.au
Across the week, Australian squad members Michael Neser and Matthew Renshaw will be available to media in Townsville and Mackay, Australian allrounder Grace Harris will appear at South Bank, Mitch Swepson and Ben McDermott will be on the Sunshine Coast and Jimmy Peirson and Max Bryant will be on the Gold Coast.
Renshaw will help launch the region’s newest club, with Airlie Beach Cricket Club forming this year.
As well as meeting, greeting and delivering cricket sign-on messages and activities to thousands of boys and girls, the Queensland players will also begin their build-up to the 2024-25 season.
The third edition of the KFC T20 Max competition will get underway during national Play Cricket Week, with the women’s competitions starting on Wednesday and the men’s competition underway from Thursday.
Matches will be played at Allan Border Field and Ian Healy Oval as well as Premier Cricket venues, with the women’s Final held on Wednesday 4 September and the men’s Final on Saturday 7 September.
Admission is free for all games. Fixture details are available online at PlayHQ