In ad­di­tion to re­duc­ing the chances of an ac­ci­dent, John­nie Walk­er, dis­trib­u­tor of the world's best-sell­ing brand of Scotch Whisky is of­fer­ing an­oth­er in­cen­tive to re­spon­si­ble drink­ing. On Wednes­day an ex­clu­sive com­pe­ti­tion was in­tro­duced on www.face­book.com/john­niewalk­er­tandt as part of the Re­spon­si­ble Drink­ing cam­paign, Be A Gi­ant Don't Drink and Dri­ve. The prize? To bowl the first cer­e­mo­ni­al ball of the day to Sir Viv Richards, among oth­er things-a new deal made be­tween John­nie Walk­er and the West In­dies Crick­et Board (WICB). John­nie Walk­er is the of­fi­cial Whisky of the West In­dies v In­dia 2001 Se­ries, be­tween June 4 and Ju­ly 10, and will use the se­ries as a plat­form to raise the lev­el of aware­ness about the im­por­tance of not drink­ing and dri­ving.

As part of the on­go­ing Be a Gi­ant cam­paign, Sir Viv Richards and Sha­ka His­lop last week launched the John­nie Walk­er Face­book page face­book.com/john­niewalk­er­tandt, invit­ing crick­et fans and the wider pub­lic to join the group and pledge to Be a Gi­ant: Don't Drink and Dri­ve. Those that make the spe­cial com­mit­ment will stand a chance of bowl­ing the cer­e­mo­ni­al first ball to Sir Vi­vian, just be­fore the Dig­i­cel Pearls T20 Match against In­dia, in front of a packed Queen's Park Oval on June 4. The win­ners will al­so re­ceive VIP tick­ets to watch the game with Sir Viv and Sha­ka from a sky box, be­fore at­tend­ing an elite John­nie Walk­er par­ty af­ter the game. Every­one is in­vit­ed to join the Gi­ants Sir Viv and Sha­ka on Face­book, where there will be reg­u­lar up­dates and in­for­ma­tion about the Be A Gi­ant cam­paign.

"It was great to be in T&T last week with Sha­ka to launch the Face­book page, www.face­book.com/john­niewalk­er­tandt. If you vis­it the page, and "like" the group to Nev­er Drink and Dri­ve, you will be in with a chance of bowl­ing the first ball of the day to me, pri­or to the T20 match against In­dia on June 4. You can then en­joy the game from a box with Sha­ka and my­self. I will be prac­tis­ing so let's see if you've got what it takes to Be A Gi­ant," Sir Vi­vian Richards said. His­lop added: "I used to love watch­ing Sir Viv in his pomp. There was no one like him at the crease, so I don't en­vy the per­son who has to bowl at him."I hope this great com­pe­ti­tion prize helps bring peo­ple to the Face­book page where they can pledge to Nev­er Drink and Dri­ve. I look for­ward to see­ing the leg­end out in the mid­dle again, al­though I may have to fetch the ball from out­side the ground!"

For­mer West In­dies cap­tain, Sir Vi­vian Richards, has been work­ing with John­nie Walk­er to pro­mote re­spon­si­ble drink­ing in the Caribbean over the past four years and is, once again, the face of the Be a Gi­ant cam­paign that be­comes part of John­nie Walk­er's glob­al Walk with Gi­ants pro­gram. Sir Vi­vian's in­cred­i­ble life jour­ney in­spires and en­cour­ages oth­ers to be­come a gi­ant in their own lives.