Vaughan's Shirt Number 99. Why?

[Neil Pickup]

I've been asked this twice in the last couple of weeks, and both times my answer's been "erm..."

Does anyone have any idea?

 

[steds]

Because it's the highest number he'll ever see in close proximity his name in ODIs.

 

[open365]

99 odis with no hundred?

 

[Richard]

Why did Patrick Symcox suddenly insist on wearing 77, in the days when most people didn't even venture into the 20s with shirt-numbers?
Some people like unusual shirt-numbers - simple as.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Why did Owais Shah & Lance Klusner choose their numbers tho?

 

[Richard]

Can't remember which ones they were.
Jog my memory?
I remember SA in WC99 having the best numbers system - all the batsmen bar Rhodes simply had batting-order (Kirsten 1, Gibbs 2, Kallis 3, Cullinan 4, Cronje 5, Rhodes 8).
Nowadays it seems pretty football-esque ad hoc.

 

[steds]

Joy my memory

Harmison's injury is quite serious.

 

[Richard]

Of course - occasionally players choose numbers for certain purposes (Zamorano was the first to do this - Baggio took 10 from Ronaldo, Ronaldo took 9 from Zamorano, Zamorano took 18 so he could have 1+8 to make 9) - Kallis taking 65 for a short time when his father was on his death-bed, because it was the age his father had reached. Prince wears 50 for Zamorano-esque reasons - the number-five shirt has been retired in SA, as a tribute to Cronje, so Prince has 5+0.
I'm sure there are a few other examples...

 

[Richard]

Harmison's injury is quite serious.

Eh?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
What has that to do with quoted part, prey?










It is?


EDIT: oh, now I see.

 

[steds]

Eh?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
What has that to do with quoted part, prey?










It is?

It's serious enough to keep him out of a test, and I thought it might joy your memory.

 

[Smudge]

Maybe he couldn't find anyone to help him get 69?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Can't remember which ones they were.
Jog my memory?

http://www.worldwidecricket.com/Players/England_Player_Profiles/Owais_Shah.htm

I was being facetious. They're both dirty, dirty boys....

 

[Armadillo]

Posted by Neil Pickup
Vaughan's Shirt Number 99. Why?

I think the real question is, who cares?
Its his choice, end of story.

 

[Richard]

http://www.worldwidecricket.com/Players/England_Player_Profiles/Owais_Shah.htm

I was being facetious. They're both dirty, dirty boys....

Oh, right... didn't realise either were 69ers, so to speak...

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

I personally hate it when players wear high numbers, even if they have a good reason for it... makes them look like American sports players. Herschelle Gibbs: 00? Ridiculous.

In the '99 World Cup all the players were numbered 1-15 (I think), with the captain 1, and the rest of the players 2-15 in alphabetical order. Looked far better, hope it gets brought back for next year.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Personally I think it should work like it does in football. In footy the keeper wears 1, and the rest of the players wear 2-11 in international matches, in whatever order they like. Saves confusion.

 

[Richard]

Ah, but Hansie Cronje wasn't. He took number-five - with the number-one batsman, Gary Kirsten, taking number-one.
I, too, preferred the simple number system but, sadly, I feel the ad hoc system is here to stay.
You can't really justify saying to a player "no, you're not allowed 58 because it's got to be 1-15".
In any case - since about 2000, shirts have become much more perminant - in WC99 I think numbers were only World Cup things - otherwise in pyjamas it was just names.
And with numbers being perminant, you can't give a player a number recently used because of the chance of replaced player coming back.

 

[BoyBrumby]

What about the order they were capped in? Eg: 154 for Fred. Would seem to settle any arguments.

 

[Matt79]

Why do they even wear numbers? Doesn't add anything.

 

[Richard]

What about the order they were capped in? Eg: 154 for Fred. Would seem to settle any arguments.

Might lead to a few problems 200 years down the line.
Can't see 12,302 being fitted easily...