Ashes could herald new era for Tests with names and numbers on shirts

• Series will be first in new ICC World Test Championship
• England to face Australia at Edgbaston on 1 August

England’s and Australia’s cricketers are set to wear shirts with names and numbers on the back during this summer’s Ashes – a first in 142 years of Test cricket.

The five-match series that begins at Edgbaston on 1 August following the home World Cup, with England seeking to regain the urn they lost in Australia in 2017-18, is slated to be the first played under the banner of the International Cricket Council’s new World Test Championship.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2FaDyyS