5 worst jerseys in cricket history you could ever imagine
Dec 31, 2018 at 2:04 PM
Cricket happens to be world’s second most followed sport. Fans are a lot passionate when it comes to the arguably gentleman’s game and we have witnessed many extremes from bizarre tattoos to cricket themed haircuts, from crazy body paintings to make-over; yes cricket has seen it all you can offer. But the most common and easy way to show your support to your favorite team has been wearing the team jersey. Be it on the field or watching a match on television, passionate fans wear jerseys and even went on to inscribe their names just like the players do. Jerseys add to the style and teams and their designers have experimented enough with it.
But here in this article, we have listed 5 jerseys which even the most passionate fans would think twice before wearing.
New Zeeland
An all-time classic strip which comes with a cult following. New Zealand’s answer to the Barmy Army, the Beige Brigade has a pride themselves on replicating this 1980s national treasure. But at the end of the day, it is still beige.
Kenya
A small cricket nation which clearly struggled when they were deciding on what to wear on the cricket field. If red pants weren’t bad enough, they matched the pants with the green top and place black and red stripes all the way down the side as a finishing touch.
Jamaica Tallawahas (Caribbean Premier League)
You can always expect the unexpected things from the Caribbean men but Tallawahs really outdid it. The Jamaican side which bolsters with the true entertainer Chris Gayle won the 2014 edition. Everybody reckons it was an outstanding performance. However, the only department they flopped was their jersey. What was their inspiration? Mangoes? Mosquito-nets?
Zimbabwe
What a perfect way to round off the list or at least when we edge closer to finish the list! Zimbabwe have a great trend to break new ground for horrible cricket strips. Check out Murray Goodwin showing off one of the African nation’s very worst getups. There’s not much more to say than, ‘no thanks!’
West Indies
Who can beat this? This one jersey tops the list of all the bizarre ones. West Indies were a part of the 1979-80’s World Series. An offbeat yet remarkable series, and their jersey also amused the spectators as much as their performance. Often described as “coral pink”, the idea was to have a jersey that signified the islands’ marine diversity but seeing the world-beaters in pink was obviously more shocking than the whole novel idea of watching cricketers play at night. It even attracted unwanted controversy too as commentator Tony Cozier said, “It’s a colour which carries strong homosexual overtones in the Caribbean.” In time to come, the now-familiar maroon made its way.