great cricket jumper from hilfinger

The most common design of cricket jumper includes a coloured chevron; the original purpose of this was, and still is, to denote the cricket club of the wearer. However, most of the fashion designs seen today have little relevance to any particular cricket team; Ralph Lauren often produces a ‘neutral’ chevron design of navy blue, be sure to get one with the ubiquitous  embroidered logo.

It is possible to get plain cricket jumpers – without the coloured chevron – although these are rarer and sometimes have to be resourced in school outfitters. This design, though undoubtedly more subtle, lends a more aristocratic feel to the jumper – think Anthony Andrews as Lord Sebastian Flyte – and the lack of a multi-colour punctuation on the v-neck means it is ever so slightly more adaptable.