West Coast captain Luke Shuey has been confirmed as the first signing for former Perth Wildcat Greg Hire’s charity Twenty20 match next month.

Hire announced on Monday afternoon that Shuey would fill the first roster spot for the Boundaries for Bushfires Charity Match on February 7 at the WACA Ground.

Shuey will join teammate Nic Naitanui, who is set to make his drinks running debut in the charity match.

Hire is using his first season away from basketball to charitable effect, initiating the friendly cricket match as a fundraiser towards the devastating bush fire relief.

The retired Wildcat hopes to involve the biggest names in WA sport.

Now that he has secured Shuey, he is targeting Dockers Nat Fyfe and Michael Walters.

“If they can get club approval they’re definitely locked in,” Hire said.

“It’s just if they get can all get approval from the strength and conditioning side, hopefully they understand it’s not going to be a serious game.”

Hire hopes the biggest retired football stars will be involved, namely Matthew Pavlich, to be integrated with the likes of Justin Langer and Brad Hogg.

The match will see two injured Scorchers pacemen face off as coaches, with the official teams to be the (Jason) Behrendorff XI taking on the (Andrew) Tye XI.