Twitter slams ICC for introducing new look shirts in Test matches | The Ashes 2019

Dixit Bhargav | 08/07/2019
Twitter slams ICC for introducing new look shirts in Test matches | The Ashes 2019

Twitter slams ICC for introducing new look shirts: ICC’s move of introducing new look shirts hasn’t gone down well with Twitter users.

During the first day of the first four-day match of the ongoing Australia’s tour of England at Arundel, Cricket Australia posted a photo of Australia captain Tim Paine in his new look shirt which had his surname and number on his back.

Following the approach of limited-overs cricket, surnames and numbers will be written on every cricketer’s back from the looming Ashes series. The development will put a halt to an age-old custom of writing the names on the cap or on the sleeve of a Test cricketer.

Within minutes of Cricket Australia posting Paine’s photo on Twitter, it saw alluring severe criticism for people didn’t like the idea of tampering with “tradition”. However, the move will aid spectators in recognizing cricketers on the field.

Australia batsman Travis Head, who is also playing this match, had supported the development back in March. Speaking to cricket.com.au, Head sounded ready especially if the move helped people in the stadium.

“It doesn’t bother me in the slightest, and I think if it helps the fans then that’s a good thing. That’s why they brought it into Shield cricket, so that people could identify players they probably don’t see all that often, especially now with games being live-streamed.

“Obviously, the detail in the television coverage these days is pretty good, so I guess this is aimed more at people who are at the ground,” Head was quoted as saying.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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