Cricket is traditionally associated with the willow used for bats, but native trees on the Fleurieu will benefit from the Adelaide Ashes test match completed yesterday, 20 December.

Cricket Australia and Landcare Australia have joined forces with 4 Pines Brewing Co to make an environmental impact via the bat this summer through the ‘4 Pines 4’.

The initiative will see four trees planted for every four hit by the Australian Men’s Cricket Team.

The Adelaide test match yielded a total of 118 fours, 68 from the victorious Australia team and 50 from the defeated England.

Upholding their commitment to Brew Better, 4 Pines will fund the re-greening of a significant bushfire-impacted site in South Australia, seeing native Australian trees, shrubs and groundcovers planted at Cape Jervis.

Planting native trees, shrubs and groundcovers across 44 hectares in this strategic location aims to enhance landscape connectivity, improve biodiversity and provide long term habitat for threatened species, including the Glossy Black Cockatoo.

This project will help re-establish native vegetation as well as creating a variety of ecosystems that will attract other native plants and animals, a vital environmental contribution following significant damage from the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires.

Landcare Australia Chief Executive Officer Dr Shane Norrish, says: “There’s nothing we love more than Aussie brands coming together to do better for the natural environment and we are thrilled to have the full support of Australia’s top sportsmen and local brewery right beside us. 

“We are looking forward to community led landcare groups regenerating important native habitat backed by 4 Pines and Cricket Australia.”

The initiative will run across all three formats of the game and started with the first match of the Ashes Series, played in Brisbane.