2006-07-27 09:39:09 · 13 answers · asked by lee c 1 in Sports ➔ Cricket
England players sport a unique ID number on their shirts just below the three-lion crest.
This represents their spot in the chronological list of players to appear for England at Test and One-Day International level - as researched by England scorer and statistician Malcolm Ashton.
2006-07-27 09:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by Paul B 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
In 1877 England adopted a scheme of giving each player a cap number. So when each player receives their first cap they are assigned a number, that started with 1, a T Armitage. Some interesting names and numbers: 13 Lord Harris; 18 Reverend Royle; the legendary Dr W.G. Grace was 24; 25 the honourable A. Lyttleton; 96 The 7th Lord Hawk; 230 Lieutenant-Colonel RT Stanyforth and another legend Fred Trueman at 369. More recent big names include 422 Geoffrey Boycott; 477 Mike Gatting; 474 Ian Botham; 494 Allan Lamb; 538 Michael Atherton; 542 Nasser Hussain; 543 Alec Stewart; 568 Darren Gough; 591 Andrew Flintoff; 600 Michael Vaughan, the current captain; acting captain Andrew Strauss is 624 and the most recently capped player, Jon Lewis is 634.
2006-07-28 01:38:26 · answer #2 · answered by mr_powers14 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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What does the number on the England cricket players shirts just below the three lions signify?
2015-08-10 20:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by Alika 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England Cricket Shirt
2016-10-04 01:37:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its their number.
Every time new player is called up to the squad hes is given a number. the first person to get called up is number 1, the next number 2. as you can imagine a lot of people have gained a cap over the years so the number is well into 3 figures.
2006-07-27 09:49:00 · answer #5 · answered by enigma_variation 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stand Up for England thats the slogan and their numbers of each player had they can change any number upto 1 to 99 as their choices but no one pick that number
2006-07-27 18:13:44 · answer #6 · answered by JJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the order in which they joined plsying 4 England. All nations have them but hteir numbers aren't as high. Take Mahmood. His number is 633 which means he is the 633rd player to play 4 England.
2006-07-27 19:59:41 · answer #7 · answered by motown 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite true from Perkins >>>> It is the order in which they have represented England in test matches or 1 day matches - The answers above are nearly right, but more than one player can have the same number if they made their debut in the same match. Cricket is a cool game dudes.
2016-03-13 06:12:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The three lions stand for cruel, hunting and killing
2006-07-27 17:53:03 · answer #9 · answered by mahesh m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it refers to the sequence with which the english players came in the team...for example lets say that sajid mehmoood made his debut so his number wouldd be the highest....
2006-07-27 17:06:55 · answer #10 · answered by Zuhair-from-pakistan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋