Shirt Numbers

[Jamee999]

Pretty sure Shane Warne had the number as Dennis Rodman had in the NBA (23) and when he retired from ODI's then Michael Clarke started to use it.

Michael Jordan, not Rodman I think.

 

[Loony BoB]

Aye, Jordan it was.

 

[nightprowler10]

Haha, yeah. 23 is legendary because of MJ, not some joker.

 

[Perm]

Made the connection with Rodman because of the whole bad behaviour, tough guy stance that Warne takes/took. My mistake.

 

[BoyBrumby]

IIRC Klusener & Owais Shah both favour a "69" on the back of their shirts.

 

[nightprowler10]

IIRC Klusener & Owais Shah both favour a "69" on the back of their shirts.

 

[ozone]

Hanse Cronje wore the number 5 which is why no SAfrican wears 5 now but wear 05 and 5+0

 

[Richard]

All the captains were 1 in the 99 World Cup, and the rest of the squad were numbered alphabetically by family name I think.

Uh uh uh. Cronje was 5 for SA, who did theirs broadly in batting order (a year earlier Symcox had been described as "eccentric" for having 77 - how times have changed!)

Ie, Kirsten 1, Gibbs 2, Kallis 3, Cullinan 4, Cronje 5... but then Rhodes had to go and take 8.

And as for the other teams, some may have had a strategy (IIRR Enland might have been alphabetical other than Stewart the captain being 1) but I think some were simply random.

 

[Richard]

Hanse Cronje wore the number 5 which is why no SAfrican wears 5 now but wear 05 and 5+0

Prince wanted to be 5, but was told the shirt had been retired.

He copied the tactic of using a + off Ivan Zamorano, who had been 9 for Internazionale Milan for many years, but had it stolen from him when Roberto Baggio moved to the club, taking the 10 shirt from Ronaldo, who then took the 9 from Zamorano. Zamorano, naturally, became 1+8, so in effect kept the same number.

 

[Richard]

IIRC Klusener & Owais Shah both favour a "69" on the back of their shirts.

Post corrected.

 

[Smudge]

Pretty sure Adam Parore was 67, but can't find anything to confirm it.

 

[Barney Rubble]

98. CMW Read
23. ME Trescothick
42. PA Nixon

 

[pug20g]

Warne's Shirt Number

Made the connection with Rodman because of the whole bad behaviour, tough guy stance that Warne takes/took. My mistake.

From what I can remember, Shane was a not only a fan of Jordon (best of the best), but they were also both Nike sponsored/reps.

Cheers

 

[oz_fan]

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