Cricket whites

Typically, modern flannels will have trousers made with a high elastic content, to prevent damage while fielding.

Wicketkeepers mostly wear long-sleeved shirts, in order to avoid abrasions from the grass when diving for the ball, which is also true for some players while batting due to a similar risk.

Today, many competitions (particularly in the shortened one-day version of cricket) are played in coloured kit, also sometimes known as "pyjamas".

At the international level, whites are only worn during Test cricket.

One-Day Internationals were first played in whites but since December 2000 all ODI cricket has been played in coloured clothing – for example, the Black Caps of New Zealand wear a black uniform.