Cricket Thread

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Bazoaxe Jul 2021 9:56am, 29 Jul 2021 20,522 posts	0 Bazoaxe ah the good old days when your old school shirts (and for the men their old work shirts) were the ones you wore for cricket. The youth of today would understand that a white polo type tshirt generally wasnt available and was actually frowned upon as not being appropriate cricketing attire. I still remember when I found a mostly white tshirt (with a bit of yellow/blue) and felt like a rebel when I wore that in a 3rd XI game aged around 17/18
Nicholls595 Jul 2021 10:05am, 29 Jul 2021 25,292 posts	0 Nicholls595 I have a team photo somewhere from 1978, I am wearing a white polo shirt with red and blue trim on the collar. Shocking!. I try and find it so I can assess the suitability of my 10 team mates.
um Jul 2021 10:18am, 29 Jul 2021 4,978 posts	0 um At the end of school pre uni, and again at the end of my second year, I worked at Kimberley Clark for the summer. Their version of a boiler suit was white trousers and shirt. That kept me in cricket whites through uni and for the next 15 years or so.
GregP Jul 2021 6:16pm, 29 Jul 2021 128,326 posts	0 GregP I’ve known one day cup games go less badly than this, but not recently. Currently rooting around in my drawer trying to find a fuck to give. Fifty over cricket is even deader than it was a fortnight ago.
Ocelot Spleens Jul 2021 6:27pm, 29 Jul 2021 31,538 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Good win for Gloucestershire though.
Oscar the Grouch Jul 2021 6:56pm, 29 Jul 2021 3,333 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch I can only wonder what damage Notts will do to our callow attack tomorrow but somehow won yesterday against more or less full strength Glamorgan. Apparently the Welsh fire is stoked from elsewhere.
Nicholls595 Jul 2021 6:59pm, 29 Jul 2021 25,297 posts	0 Nicholls595 Beware Trego
Dooogs Jul 2021 7:22pm, 29 Jul 2021 6,981 posts	0 Dooogs Talking of kit, what's the etiquette on white-white cricket gear as opposed to cream-coloured whites? When I played (mid 90s - early 2000s), Proper Kit was usually cream - both shirt and trousers - unless you were recycling an old work shirt (cf. Bazo's 09.56). It looks like first pro cricket and more recently village cricket have moved to dazzling whites straight out of a Persil ad...
Bazoaxe Jul 2021 7:25pm, 29 Jul 2021 20,531 posts	0 Bazoaxe Now you mention it I recall some of the white trousers being more of a cream than white
Ocelot Spleens Jul 2021 7:30pm, 29 Jul 2021 31,539 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Yes, I think most of my old kit would be cream coloured.