banking giant Westpac’s new four-year sponsorship deal<\/a>.<\/p>\nBut beyond that there are some key details in the new look, with renowned Aboriginal artist Aunty Fiona Clarke updating her signature Walkabout Wickets artwork for the new kit.<\/p>\n
The new artwork, titled ‘Land & Sea’ incorporates the Walkabout Wickets motif and is an extension of the tribute to Australia’s first ever touring cricket team, the 1868 Aboriginal XI that travelled to England.<\/p>\n
“I am both honoured and proud to have created the artwork for the players’ uniforms,” said Aunty Fiona.<\/p>\n
“It’s powerful to see today’s players carry the story of the first Aboriginal XI Cricket Walkabout team with them.<\/p>\n
“This artwork is about more than a shirt design, it’s about honouring those who came before us, and connecting them with present and future players.<\/p>\n
“The stars symbolise every cricketer, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, who continues this shared legacy through the game.”<\/p>\n
The new-season kits have moved the Indigenous artwork from the side panels onto the shoulders.<\/p>\n
Heat mapping by ASICS’ Institute of Sport Sciences in Kobe, Japan revealed its ‘acti-breeze’ technology was most efficient when on the sides, operating alongside an ergonomic underarm mesh panel to assist ease of movement.<\/p>\n
For the Test whites, other changes are subtle: yellow piping around the collar replaces green, with yellow snap buttons, while piping has been removed from the sleeves.<\/p>\n
Both white-ball kits feature Auty Fiona’s Land and Sea artwork on the shoulders, which contrasts nicely with the predominantly Australian Gold colour of the one-day kit.<\/p>\n
The men’s T20 kit has a grandpa collar, while the woman’s version carries a more traditional fold-over collar, continuing the differences first introduced in 2023.<\/p>\n
The short-format kits feature a nod to the 2003 ODI World Cup winning uniform with side panels taken from the kit worn by Ricky Ponting’s men in their undefeated campaign in South Africa.<\/p>\n
Australia’s men are expected to wear a version of this uniform to the 2027 ODI World Cup that will be held in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated playing kit designs for all men’s and women’s international formats unveiled Aussie stars welcome new era of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-128903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}