Beach Cricket Tri-Nations series

The series uses a plastic drop-in pitch to allow the ball to bounce, and batting and bowling only take place facing one direction.

The Coolangatta arena initially featured an open boundary along the surf, allowing fielding to be possible in the water; however this was later removed due to crowd control concerns.

Winners of the finals are presented with a beer glass mounted on a wooden stand.

In between the matches there are performances on field, by the female cheerleading squad XXXX Angels.

XXXX's sponsorship of the series caused a number of controversies with Cricket Australia, which was sponsored by another beer brand, Victoria Bitter from Carlton & United Breweries.

[3] Allan Border was also forced to resign as a national selector for taking part in the series against the wishes of Foster's.