REASON You can't buy white shoes anymore, and the rule is unenforceable!
CURRENT REGULATIONS Playing Regulation 8 describes clothing requirements for players in Subbies cricket. 8.1.5 says ***White*** cricket shoes
This is what cricket boots used to be like.
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These are not 'new'. They date from the 1940's.
I found 'em on eBay being sold as some kind of "antique" clothing .
- Canvas sides.
- Soft leather inner.
- Hard leather (slippery) sole.
It smelled funny and took ages to dry.
The problem is one that has been coming for a while.
This is a sample of what you can get today at KD Sports.... (click on the pics for prices and ordering)
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More comfortable, low maintenance, better performance... no blisters wearing these in.
But coloured soles, fluoro stripes, cartoon kookaburras
No umpire reports about non-white shoes have been made... ever? Well certainly not recently. . The Management Committee has not considered any penalty for non-white shoes... ever? Well certainly not recently. .
We all want the game to look "like cricket" but reality has to be acknowledged.
If there's a practical way to have all white cricket shoes in suburban Brisbane cricket in the 2020's then let's hear it now....
See the other move proposed for shoes about spikes..... LINK
ABM, 14-Feb-2020
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