The Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder WBBL teams are contesting the Road Safety Cup for the second year running today, promoting the importance of road safety.
The Cup is contested between the two competing clubs, today in Perth and again in the BBL battle on Monday 6 January at the Gabba.
The Road Safety Cup began last season to raise awareness of road safety, as both Queensland and NSW transport authorities have a shared vision of zero road deaths by 2025, with zero being the only acceptable number of deaths attributed to the roads.
Brisbane Heat opening batter and wicket-keeper Georgia Redmayne will have her number changed to ‘0’ for the match as part of the campaign.
Phoebe Litchfield will also change her number to ‘0’ and change her player shirt name to “Towards Zero’ for the game.
The Thunder are the current holders of the Road Safety Cup.
Both teams are keen to emphasise that:
Road Safety is important for everyone, no matter where you are.
Towards Zero is the vision and ultimate goal is zero road deaths.
It is a privilege for the Heat and Thunder players to share that simple message and hopefully saving lives by doing so.
The Brisbane Heat and Queensland Cricket have promoted road safety messaging since 2016 as part of their long-standing partnership with Department of Transport and Main Roads and the Queensland Government road safety public education program, StreetSmarts.
The partnership includes messaging at Big Bash games, with the StreetSmarts innings Break Show a feature at all home WBBL and BBL matches.