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Baggy green
The baggy green is a cricket cap of dark myrtle green colour, which has been worn by Australian Test cricketers since around the turn of the twentieth century. The cap was not originally baggy as evidenced by photographs of early players. The cap is a symbol of national pride in Australia, and was described by the chief executive of the MCC as the "most famous cricket cap in the world".
The baggy green cap was originally supplied to the player as part of a kit of equipment, and a new one was routinely issued for each tour, with the year number on it. Some former Australian players have used their cap for "non-cricketing" purposes: Bill Lawry used the cap while cleaning his pigeon's nest, while Bill Ponsford was wore the cap while painting a fence.[citation needed] Ian Chappell never kept any of his baggy green caps.
The importance of the baggy green as a symbol grew significantly in the 1990s, chiefly due to the efforts of captains Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh. Waugh regularly expressed his belief that the honouring of the traditions of the game was critical to the success of a team: "To be able to partake of these rituals and traditions has meant you have been awarded the highest honour in Australian cricket — you have been selected to play for your country." In the early 1990s an unofficial practice emerged among Test players of never replacing their baggy green cap, most notably by Steve Waugh. Players only rarely request a replacement cap from Cricket Australia and the increasingly dilapidated state of an ageing baggy green cap is a symbol of seniority amongst the players in the team.
During his captaincy Taylor instituted a pre-match ceremony for the awarding of a cap. This continued under Waugh, who introduced a refinement whereby new players would receive their "baggy green" from a past player of a similar discipline (batsman, spin bowler, etc.). Ponting changed it again, making the presentation himself rather than using a former player. Another tradition instituted by Taylor (but suggested by Steve Waugh, and one that has also continued) is the practice of all players wearing the cap during the first session in the field of a Test match, as a symbol of solidarity. Even Shane Warne, known for his preference for a floppy sun hat, observed this tradition without question. Modern players seldom wear the baggy green cap while batting, choosing a protective helmet instead, especially when facing faster bowlers.
Sometimes incorrectly called a "crest", the "achievement" or coat of arms on the Baggy Green cap is a pre-federation symbol representing Australian commercial endeavours of the time: wool-growing, shipping, mining and agriculture.
It consists of: a crest (being a rising sun); over a torse (or wreath) of red and gold; over a shield (bearing images of a sheep, a sailing ship, a pick-axe and shovel and a garb of wheat,[citation needed] all quartered by a southern cross); supporters (being a kangaroo and an emu); all over a motto ("Australia") on a scroll.
The baggy green worn by male players has the motto in gold on a red background; on the women's baggy green, the motto and background colours are reversed.
Contrary to a common belief, with the exception of the supporters and the motto, this coat of arms is entirely different from the present and any former national coat of arms. Since 1912 the coat of arms of Australia has borne the badges of the six Australian states, enclosed and unified on a shield under a wreath of blue and gold bearing a Commonwealth Star.
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Baggy green
The baggy green is a cricket cap of dark myrtle green colour, which has been worn by Australian Test cricketers since around the turn of the twentieth century. The cap was not originally baggy as evidenced by photographs of early players. The cap is a symbol of national pride in Australia, and was described by the chief executive of the MCC as the "most famous cricket cap in the world".
The baggy green cap was originally supplied to the player as part of a kit of equipment, and a new one was routinely issued for each tour, with the year number on it. Some former Australian players have used their cap for "non-cricketing" purposes: Bill Lawry used the cap while cleaning his pigeon's nest, while Bill Ponsford was wore the cap while painting a fence.[citation needed] Ian Chappell never kept any of his baggy green caps.
The importance of the baggy green as a symbol grew significantly in the 1990s, chiefly due to the efforts of captains Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh. Waugh regularly expressed his belief that the honouring of the traditions of the game was critical to the success of a team: "To be able to partake of these rituals and traditions has meant you have been awarded the highest honour in Australian cricket — you have been selected to play for your country." In the early 1990s an unofficial practice emerged among Test players of never replacing their baggy green cap, most notably by Steve Waugh. Players only rarely request a replacement cap from Cricket Australia and the increasingly dilapidated state of an ageing baggy green cap is a symbol of seniority amongst the players in the team.
During his captaincy Taylor instituted a pre-match ceremony for the awarding of a cap. This continued under Waugh, who introduced a refinement whereby new players would receive their "baggy green" from a past player of a similar discipline (batsman, spin bowler, etc.). Ponting changed it again, making the presentation himself rather than using a former player. Another tradition instituted by Taylor (but suggested by Steve Waugh, and one that has also continued) is the practice of all players wearing the cap during the first session in the field of a Test match, as a symbol of solidarity. Even Shane Warne, known for his preference for a floppy sun hat, observed this tradition without question. Modern players seldom wear the baggy green cap while batting, choosing a protective helmet instead, especially when facing faster bowlers.
Sometimes incorrectly called a "crest", the "achievement" or coat of arms on the Baggy Green cap is a pre-federation symbol representing Australian commercial endeavours of the time: wool-growing, shipping, mining and agriculture.
It consists of: a crest (being a rising sun); over a torse (or wreath) of red and gold; over a shield (bearing images of a sheep, a sailing ship, a pick-axe and shovel and a garb of wheat,[citation needed] all quartered by a southern cross); supporters (being a kangaroo and an emu); all over a motto ("Australia") on a scroll.
The baggy green worn by male players has the motto in gold on a red background; on the women's baggy green, the motto and background colours are reversed.
Contrary to a common belief, with the exception of the supporters and the motto, this coat of arms is entirely different from the present and any former national coat of arms. Since 1912 the coat of arms of Australia has borne the badges of the six Australian states, enclosed and unified on a shield under a wreath of blue and gold bearing a Commonwealth Star.
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