Names and numbers on playing shirts has been the norm in limited-overs cricket for decades but that's about to change in Test cricket, starting with this year's five-Test Ashes series. The Ashes will be the first series in the new Test Championship, a competition between the top nine Test nations spread over a two-year period that culminates in a grand final in June 2021, and part of the playing conditions is the introduction of names and numbers on shirts in order to engage new fans and help identify the players.
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