NEW DELHI, July 23 (ANI): Test cricket is all set to undergo a major change as Australia and England will lineup with names and jersey numbers on their Test whites in the upcoming Ashes series.
ODI and T20I jerseys have had personalisation on their backs since a long time, but Test matches had to wait for this change.
England Cricket official Twitter handle confirmed the jersey number of team's Test match skipper Joe Root and wrote "Names and numbers on the back of Test shirts," as the caption.
Earlier this year, there were reports that Ashes series between England and Australia would bring in modernisation of cricketing kits.
Cricketing fans on Twitter seemed divided on this development in Test cricket and made their voices heard on the social-networking platform.
"Absolutely no problem with numbers 1 to 11 etc but can't see the benefit of names or random high numbers on shirts. I guess it's all to do with increasing merchandise sales hoping a name will sell more. @YorkshireCCC," wrote one fan.
Ashes jerseys to have players' names, numbers for first time
FE Team | Published: July 23, 2019 21:19:44
Ashes jerseys to have players' names, numbers for first time
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