View Full Version : Australia's ODI Uniform is a Disgrace
Australia's current ODI uniform is terrible. What has happened to the canary yellow. The yellow is a million times better. It's not even green, it's basically black.
Also with the yellow there will be no clashes as there is against pakistan which both teams basically have the same uniform.
C'mon Australia go back to Canary Yellow.
That's Australian Gold, my friend, and don't you ****ing forget it! Canary Yellow indeed! :rolleyes:
Selective Retention
22 Jan 2010, 15:01
Blame the commonwealth bank and their yellow logo ;)
I don't get what its got to do with the Commonwealth Bank Logo, the Redbacks shirt wasn't changed to black because the KFC Logo was red, and the yellow shades are different. I loved the yellow jerseys and I haven't bought a 'black green' jersey.
It's also almost difficult to tell the difference in the colours between the Pakistan jersey and Australia jersey.
Russian
22 Jan 2010, 15:30
the Redbacks shirt wasn't changed to black because the KFC Logo was redNo, it was changed to white because the KFC Logo was red
No, it was changed to white because the KFC Logo was red
What you talking about Willis?
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/boxy_09/476.jpg
Level_Headed
22 Jan 2010, 15:36
I don't mind it at all. The green is supposed to replicate the colour of the baggy green
Russian
22 Jan 2010, 15:41
What you talking about Willis?
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/boxy_09/476.jpg http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=527680
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=527680
Thats last years, and teams were encouraged to have white jerseys.
Bombers_Forever
22 Jan 2010, 15:44
Blame the commonwealth bank and their yellow logo ;)
Exactly. If there was another sponsor with more suitable logo, the green would be lighter.
The biggest issue is how dark it is and how it looks more and more like NZ's strip. If it actually had a bit more gold (like the Pakistan strip), it might look better. You can hardly read the players numbers and names too.
I have the away shirt - it looks so much better (and is better at the ground too, not as hot as the dark black.......sorry, green).
Yeah I agree with the hotter/cooler thing. The yellow also looks more exciting, dark green would just look dull.
Adelaide Hawk
22 Jan 2010, 16:18
It's also almost difficult to tell the difference in the colours between the Pakistan jersey and Australia jersey.
Just ask the AFL, they will tell you they don't clash at all :)
flight23
22 Jan 2010, 16:33
the ones with the cricket bats in their hands aren't the same as the other guys
its not like they are playing footy out there with 18 on 18
Hellgood
22 Jan 2010, 17:11
Don't like the shirts at all. But I hate how commentators hype them up. FFS they're shit. And we haven't won a ODI series with them anyway. Please get rid of them.
OzBomber
22 Jan 2010, 19:29
Bring back the old Spiderweb shirt. Or the 03 WC shirt.
I'm not buying an Aussie shirt until they get back to canary yellow (Or Australian gold as Bill likes to call it), and get rid of those crap half collared necks. Bring back normal collars.
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/DB/012005/057525.jpg
I've still got this one and love it. Unfortunately it's starting to get too small for me now.
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/DB/042003/043835.jpg
Those 2 imo, are the best. (Edit: Shit didn't realise the last picture was so big, sorry)
Bring back the old Spiderweb shirt. Or the 03 WC shirt.
I'm not buying an Aussie shirt until they get back to canary yellow (Or Australian gold as Bill likes to call it), and get rid of those crap half collared necks. Bring back normal collars.
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/DB/012005/057525.jpg
I've still got this one and love it. Unfortunately it's starting to get too small for me now.
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/DB/042003/043835.jpg
Those 2 imo, are the best. (Edit: Shit didn't realise the last picture was so big, sorry)
Both were great jerseys.
King Elvis
22 Jan 2010, 19:40
Both of those are awesome, the current ones are totally shit.
The collars are crap too.
Both of those are awesome, the current ones are totally shit.
The collars are crap too.
Yeah, they don't let you in to the games with those collars sometimes, but I know SACA have to after not letting people in originally.
stmookeyj
22 Jan 2010, 20:04
There are too many teams with Green Shirts these days (Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, Ireland, Kenya as well as Australia at home). We really should be Gold/Yellow all the time. Hell I'll only buy the away strip because it looks like Australia.
I always liked this one (http://static.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/DB/012001/021205.jpg). Probably cause it was the first Australia shirt I got.
This is what I would like to see-
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/boxy_09/australiaproposedcricketjersey.png
Johnson#26
22 Jan 2010, 20:26
The one first worn in India in 2001 is by far and away the best (worn in the 01/02 and 02/03 VB Series).
Agree that the 00/01 with the blue is also top class.
The current one is rubbish. Looks terrible. Dare i say it, un-australian.
Santana
22 Jan 2010, 20:34
I don't mind the current one actually but this is still one of my favorites...
http://www.cricket.org/db/PICTURES/DB/081999/006650.jpg
skipper kelly
22 Jan 2010, 20:43
That's Australian Gold, my friend, and don't you ****ing forget it! Canary Yellow indeed! :rolleyes:
still a classic:D
This was prob my favourite:
http://www.cricket.com.hk/link_to_database/PICTURES/DB/061999/005547.jpg
John Dorian
22 Jan 2010, 22:31
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c246/angelisophia/mosaic3d7173ae274f1a9e20847ffd517f3.jpg
As long as they have this yellow I am happy.
Ferris_rules
22 Jan 2010, 22:40
I just dont get it, why go to Green when both Pakistan and Sth Africa have the same colour.
The gold colour made a statement.
Hellgood
22 Jan 2010, 22:47
My favourite was probably the one we wore in the South African series where they chased down 434. Just looks cool. The colours are great too.
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/60200/60204.jpg
Tigerdrive
22 Jan 2010, 23:06
This was prob my favourite:
http://www.cricket.com.hk/link_to_database/PICTURES/DB/061999/005547.jpg
Yeh I liked this one too, we only wore it for the World Cup from memory.
Damon_3388
22 Jan 2010, 23:08
http://www.fiveaa.com.au/lib/images/video/Michael-Bevan-last-ball-four-SCG-1995-96-102880.jpg
The above is still my favourite Australian uniform, probably because it's what we were wearing when I started watching cricket in the mid-90s. The West Indian uniform from the 1995-96 Tri-Series was awesome too :thumbsu:
Punchy Bassett
22 Jan 2010, 23:22
http://retrocricket.com/au1-big.jpg
Bring it back!
Bring back the yellow and ditch the golden showers.
If they change the green to brown,then they will truly look awful.
Plugger35
23 Jan 2010, 11:17
http://retrocricket.com/au1-big.jpg
Bring it back!
I agree, if it was good enough for Dennis Lillee then it's good enough for the current players.
http://cricket.com.au/site/_content/image/00021788-image.jpg
Not sure any of the current ODI players have the chest rug to pull that look off though. Might have to get Katich back in the ODI team.:D
Jimthegreat
23 Jan 2010, 11:35
I don't get what its got to do with the Commonwealth Bank Logo, the Redbacks shirt wasn't changed to black because the KFC Logo was red, and the yellow shades are different. I loved the yellow jerseys and I haven't bought a 'black green' jersey.
It's also almost difficult to tell the difference in the colours between the Pakistan jersey and Australia jersey.
Must be tough to tell the difference in Test matches then when they're all playing in white.
I couldn't give a rat's tossbag what colours they wear.
OzBomber
23 Jan 2010, 11:42
Bring in the one they used for the first ever T20.
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/8500/8524.jpg
Very simple, but still looks great. I'd buy it.
I don't mind the current uniforms so much. The gold trim is a bit wanky, and green is a bit boring since so many teams wear it. But otherwise it's fine.
XFactor1979
23 Jan 2010, 11:45
according to collingwood people there was no clash in uniforms between australia and pakistan last night
what a effing joke!
StickWithEars
23 Jan 2010, 12:23
There are too many teams with Green Shirts these days (Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, Ireland, Kenya as well as Australia at home).
This.
The uniform itself isn't that bad (agree with most sentiments on the gold away uni being better), but the fact that in a made-for-TV game such as 50 over cricket, the uninformed viewer with the short attention span needs to visually differentiate between the two teams, not just "the two guys with the wooden planks against the other 11 and two refs". The two uniforms are a marketing ploy, nothing else, and common sense should prevail and the Aussies should be in Gold.
With a shit TV, their home uniforms don't look too different in shade to the Windies' deep maroon. But there's other, more subtle differences that even the unformed viewer might pick up on between the two teams, yes?;):eek::D
Must be tough to tell the difference in Test matches then when they're all playing in white.
I couldn't give a rat's tossbag what colours they wear.
The test shirts actually vary from white to cream, and test shirts don't clash at all, it's not difficult, you would be a tossbag if you couldn't tell the difference. I am just saying the colours were similar.
Sman-21
23 Jan 2010, 14:40
yep its a disgrace our kits, the pakistan kit looks more australian.
In most sports we have always used good old green an gold(yellow)
I could understand if they changed to our flags colours and design but to change to pretty much all green when so many other teams main colour has been green for ages is just dumb.
we either use green an gold with the gold part the most dominant colour or our flag colours not some stupid green which has nothing to do with our flag or our sporting history.
Plugger35
23 Jan 2010, 15:57
yep its a disgrace our kits, the pakistan kit looks more australian.
In most sports we have always used good old green an gold(yellow)
I could understand if they changed to our flags colours and design but to change to pretty much all green when so many other teams main colour has been green for ages is just dumb.
we either use green an gold with the gold part the most dominant colour or our flag colours not some stupid green which has nothing to do with our flag or our sporting history.
If we changed to our flag colours we'd look like England.
Just take the red from the flag and add it into the green and gold, the red could also be a link to the origins of the game, ie red cricket ball, and red stains on the strides. Plus no other teams have red yellow and green do they, apart from Cameroon.
That's Australian Gold, my friend, and don't you ****ing forget it! Canary Yellow indeed! :rolleyes:
well done sir!
Yep the outfit is shit, especially when compared to the paki's.
As I'm guessing its already been mentioned its purely so the comm bank logo stands out.
Anyone seen tassie's T20 outfit? Looks like the Aussies are playing!
Just take the red from the flag and add it into the green and gold, the red could also be a link to the origins of the game, ie red cricket ball, and red stains on the strides. Plus no other teams have red yellow and green do they, apart from Cameroon.
Yuck.
magic_johnson!
23 Jan 2010, 21:25
Can't they wear their current away shirt all the time? Looks much better.
XFactor1979
24 Jan 2010, 10:35
unless you take a victorian attitude you can say its "up to you to come up with an alternate strip if your strip clashes with mine"
no afl legislation because the victorian clubs are bigger than the game
pakistan have no away strip
its confusing why australia have a home and away strip, especially when they wear green and it clashes with ireland, south africa, bangladesh, pakistan
skipper kelly
24 Jan 2010, 10:59
I never take any notice of the uniform. I much prefer to watch the cricket.
If I had a preference it would be both teams in white.:thumbsu:
I never take any notice of the uniform. I much prefer to watch the cricket.
If I had a preference it would be both teams in white.:thumbsu:
Couldn't agree more. I've been watching test cricket for 30 odd years now and never had trouble telling which team was which despite the fact they both wear white.
I would also ban anyone over the age of ten wearing the replica tops. Grow up chaps.
Sman-21
24 Jan 2010, 12:43
reason colours matter is they are representing australia on the sporting field so they should be wearing the colours that most national teams wear which is green an gold.
If they dont want to use that only other option is to use flag colours.
i feel the same way about every sporting team that represents us they must either use green an gold the colours we have used for ages in our sporting history or if they want to do something diff it must use our flags colours
Byron_Clanger
24 Jan 2010, 12:45
yeah the predominantly yellow ones are vintage
unless you take a victorian attitude you can say its "up to you to come up with an alternate strip if your strip clashes with mine"
no afl legislation because the victorian clubs are bigger than the game
pakistan have no away strip
its confusing why australia have a home and away strip, especially when they wear green and it clashes with ireland, south africa, bangladesh, pakistan
I think there's more than a few ways to tell the difference between the batsmen and the fielding team.
Australia have an away strip because they want to make more money in merchandise sales.
gPhonque
24 Jan 2010, 17:49
http://retrocricket.com/au1-big.jpg
http://cricket.com.au/site/_content/image/00021788-image.jpg
Haha, I was just trying to google search that outfit to suggest it.
Definitely the best. All the old uniforms were great.
Bring 'em back! :thumbsu:
tesseract
25 Jan 2010, 19:52
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c246/angelisophia/mosaic3d7173ae274f1a9e20847ffd517f3.jpg
As long as they have this yellow I am happy.
The Australian outfit displayed in these pictures is my favorite. The only thing spoiling it is not having the names on the back up near the top at the collar.
I also like the Australian outfit of the late 80's with Australia printed on the front.
The West Indies should go back to their late 80's outfit when they were predominantly in the light gray. Those looked fantastic imo.
http://retrocricket.com/au1-big.jpg
Bring it back!
+1 :thumbsu:
and lets start a petition to get the Windies sorted as well
http://i47.tinypic.com/2ajcsnt.jpg
XFactor1979
26 Jan 2010, 12:40
its definitely green and gold day over there in adelaide
Bombers_Forever
26 Jan 2010, 18:26
The other part that looks stupid is the pants are slight darker than the shirts - when there is a close up of a player, you can see how stupid it looks. It looks like they are wearing a green shirt and black pants.
darcytiger
27 Jan 2010, 08:30
I like the current top, the one with the half collar. The one they had before that was stupid, it had that gold mesh that went all the way up to the neck, I had to cut mine out as alot of the players did as it was restricting.
I think the best one was the yellow stomach, green shoulders and blue under the arms. Was around the time Brett Lee started I think.
sutcl09
27 Jan 2010, 13:26
Australia's current ODI uniform is terrible. What has happened to the canary yellow. The yellow is a million times better. It's not even green, it's basically black.
Also with the yellow there will be no clashes as there is against pakistan which both teams basically have the same uniform.
C'mon Australia go back to Canary Yellow.
Agreed. The green and the canary yellow looks so, so much better.
Sman-21
29 Jan 2010, 14:06
how can we make this known to cricket Aus that so many hate it and want good old green an gold back bright green not that bland green.
bunch of ppl email cricket australia an maybe add links to this thread or email channel 9 commentary team somehow and see if they would do a poll etc
Its an absolute disgrace
If you're going to start petitioning people over something, choose something a little less trivial than what clothing a sports team wears.
Sman-21
29 Jan 2010, 14:44
not trivial at all a team representing australia on the intrnational sporting field should be using australias colours
So u wouldnt mind us going to the olympics an using pink an white as our colours?
not trivial at all a team representing australia on the intrnational sporting field should be using australias colours
So u wouldnt mind us going to the olympics an using pink an white as our colours?
Are we going to the Olympics in pink and white?
In the overall scheme of things, whether the green and gold in our uniform is in the right shades and proportions is not a big deal. I'm enough of a curmudgeon to whinge about it on a messageboard, but that's about it.
Mr Eagle
29 Jan 2010, 18:02
First time I've really watched a one-dayer lately - in the bright sunlight, those pants are practically black!
Bring back the gold already.
King Elvis
30 Jan 2010, 06:22
The under 19s at their World Cup are wearing wha should be our proper uniform.
Adelaide Hawk
30 Jan 2010, 09:14
Yep, quite simply get them back into the Aussie gold, and most people will be happy. Talk about trying to fix something that isn't broken. :rolleyes:
Plugger35
30 Jan 2010, 09:42
As someone else pointed out, the dark green home odi uniforms are simply so the yellow commonwealth bank logos stand out. Away from home the sponsors are different, think it's either travelex or VB with blue or green logos, hence they can wear the yellow uniforms overseas.
It's all to do with money and sponsorship, pretty sad though when your countries uniforms are dictated by sponsors.
OzBomber
30 Jan 2010, 10:45
The one they're wearing in the U19 World Cup looks awesome except for the collars. I think it's our away uniform though.
Kim Hagdorn
30 Jan 2010, 14:59
Shocker, bring back the yellow.
Disgraceful all these people calling our old uniforms yellow, kids.
As for the new shirts, i don't like them either. But whats worse, they charge over 100 bucks for them, and on the 2nd or 3rd wash all the pattern on them just falls off. Disgraceful quality for such an expensive item. I'll never buy another one.
As for the old school design posted up here, head to retrocricket.com. I bought one off there for 80 bucks 2 weeks ago due to my lack of passion for the current uniform. Excellent quality, and they put your name on the back too
stick with the one we wear away from Aus. We always wear Gold in international tournaments so why have the rubbish green one when we play in Aus :confused:
Plugger35
1 Feb 2010, 11:24
stick with the one we wear away from Aus. We always wear Gold in international tournaments so why have the rubbish green one when we play in Aus :confused:
Might help if you read some of the other posts in this thread.
As someone else pointed out, the dark green home odi uniforms are simply so the yellow commonwealth bank logos stand out. Away from home the sponsors are different, think it's either travelex or VB with blue or green logos, hence they can wear the yellow uniforms overseas.
It's all to do with money and sponsorship, pretty sad though when your countries uniforms are dictated by sponsors.
Punchy Bassett
1 Feb 2010, 12:13
As for the old school design posted up here, head to retrocricket.com. I bought one off there for 80 bucks 2 weeks ago due to my lack of passion for the current uniform. Excellent quality, and they put your name on the back too
Yep I got one two to three summers back and it is still going strong! Awesome top!
stick with the one we wear away from Aus. We always wear Gold in international tournaments so why have the rubbish green one when we play in Aus :confused:
Because these days the decisions are made by the sponsors. Like everything else, it's all about money money money.
The under 19s at their World Cup are wearing wha should be our proper uniform.
Yeah, agreed:
http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113500/113545.jpg
aidancdaman
4 Feb 2010, 13:31
Agreed. New Zealand are wearing black again, like they should instead of that bluey one with the horrible lines all over it last season. Australia should go back to the good old days of canary yellow. Sorry, Australian Gold :p. The Away ODI uniform looks far better than the home one.
Kim Hagdorn
6 Feb 2010, 11:52
I quite like the T20 uniform, it's a pity KFC aren't the sponsor in the ODIs.
Hellgood
7 Feb 2010, 20:02
As bad as ours is... the WI uniform is even worse
I quite like the T20 uniform, it's a pity KFC aren't the sponsor in the ODIs.
Yeah, King Hagdorn, it is a good looking uniform.
And the West Indies jersey is terrible, that makes my eyes hurt, it looks like a training top.
Kim Hagdorn
7 Feb 2010, 20:42
Yeah, the West Indies colours atm probably are not the best.
dirtyratz
8 Feb 2010, 05:56
No collar > collar
Current uniform in yellow > all other uniforms
I don't mind the green, but yes, our colour is yellow.
Fitted shirts of today > fitted shirts of the old days > horrible baggy crap worn in the nineties.
Yeah, the West Indies colours atm probably are not the best.
they look like the opening float of the mardi gras, WTF is with the maroon and gold zebra striping on the pants? :eek: