Cricket cap

It is usually a tight-fitting skullcap, usually made of six or eight sections, with a small crescent shaped brim that points downwards over the brow to provide shade for the eyes.

Although not common in the modern period, the cricket cap used to be a fashionable form of headwear for people who were casually dressed, and not necessarily worn just for playing the game.

The Australian side has long worn their baggy cricket cap, rather than alternatives such as a sun hat, for the first session of each match as a symbol of team solidarity.

For example, Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was the 187th player to represent India at Test level, and was awarded cap number 187.

The world record for the number of caps in Test cricket is held by Sachin Tendulkar of India, who has, over the course of a 24-year career, collected 200.

[2] By the 20th century, they were almost universal headwear for boys at both private and state schools, but shortages during the Second World War began their slow decline, perhaps accelerated by the 1960s fashion for long hair.

[4] When Robert Baden-Powell created the Wolf Cub section for younger boys within Scouting, he designed a uniform that he considered age-appropriate.