On Sunday the Canterbury Kings open their Twenty20 Super Smash campaign with a free to enter match at Hagley against Wellington Firebirds. Given the debate surrounding the Crusaders recent rebrand, our T20 cricket side doing one of their own is topical, but what’s really changed? Well, other than no longer being able to refer to the Kings as flaunting their purple helmets, not a lot. Yes, it wasn’t our traditional colours, but there’s nothing traditional about T20 cricket and in hindsight, it’s hard to see why so many people found the purple helmet so hard to swallow. Get your head out of the gutter, guys.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 13, 2019 01:07 UTC