Gregmond Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 There's a new professional cricket league just been launched in the US, and if you thought that the ABA logos were bad, take a peek at these (the uniforms appear on each teams page if you scroll down):American Pro CricketNow that is some terrible work right there, I think someone's children may have slapped them together.I am a big fan of cricket, and I'm all for taking the game to new markets, but for crying out loud, make sure that the thing is going to grab someone's attention. They should have jumped on to this site for inspiration (and help)!Cheers,Greg Thanks to Gobbi for the awesome buttons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Hideous. Beyond. Belief.Actually, the NY Storm logo is reasonably spiffy...but the league logo sucks, every other team logo sucks, and most of those team uniforms just make me want to whip out the pukey smiley. What sort of twisted individual makes up a nice 'Storm' logo in blues and white and then gives the team a uniform dominated by red and pale green??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I've never watched a cricket match and I've been desperate to watch one. I tend to like the "non-traditional" u.s. sports as well as the big 4. Soccer, Aussie Rules (a new fav), rugby. All of those I can find on fox sports world but just once I want to see some cricket!! just to see what its all about! If I'm in chicago one weekend I'll have to check out a match.Oh, and is it just me or do all those uniforms look like their mom's forgot to use the Tide? Everything looks washed out!!!worst logo by far. The Arrowheads with a...get this...ARROW!! not an arrow head, but an arrow you woudl see on the interstate. Horrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtrich11 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I'm pretty sure you can buy pre made logos for companies where you just change the letters by using their tired, old fonts. It looks like these guys bought that clip art package and didn't even try. That's the bottom line on these. They look really half-assed and tired. This league needs to understand marketing if they want to survive. cafepress.com/artbyrichards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 From what I've read about cricket, one match can take anywhere from a full day to a few days. How is that "Fast n Furious Action"?One Clipart CD + Generic Freeware Fonts + Vector Gradients - Creativity = ABA + Pro Cricket Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCScout76 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 You gotta know what a "cruppet" is before you know how to play cricket - very intresting game, I've seen one game before.The logos- hummm. . . zzzzzzzzzzz  Kansas City Scouts (CHL) Orr Cup Champions 2010, 2019, 2021     St. Joseph Pony Express (ULL)  2023 Champions   Kansas City Cattle (CL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabet Man Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Is this a mens league? why the hell would any team want to wear pink???If you want to watch cricket- wait for the Australia v USA ODI match in September, it's in Holland or England- watch it on TV ( it'll be over in 1hr)I go to the Boxing Day Test at the MCG every year for the last 2 or 3 days, it's very slow and we all cheer when we hit one run.Can we start a contest to design a decent shirt for each team??New York StormJersey FireDC ForwardFlorida ThunderChicago TornadosSan Francisco FreedomLos Angeles UnityTexas Arrow Head (WTF?)Whos up for it?? twitter.com/thebrainofMatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmered Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Extraordinary.Just absolutely horrible.This is 20 over cricket, so it should take the same ammount of time as a baseball game. But I don't see this as the way to promote it.The League logo is a batter in a baseball stance with cricket pads on! Oh, and I've got a site.Footy Jumpers Dot Com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I think pro cricket are relatively realistic about how much ground they aren't gonna make up on baseball, but yep the logos and in particular the unis SUCK. 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittunited Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Wow... and I thought other countries' one-day kits were godawful... These take the taco. OWNER -- Pittsburgh Spiders (UL) * Dynamo Missouri (PLA) * Montreal Maroons (SHL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterhabs Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Apparently cricket teams are associated either with natural disasters or democratic concepts or arrow heads. Hmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 dammmm....*shakes head*are they trying to put cricket in the public eye or hurt said eye? A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 move aside arrow head, here comes the forward! Proud owner of the Utah Pioneers of the Continnental Baseball League.PACKER BACKER FOREVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Who thinks of this crap, and what moron executes it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabet Man Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 It's Pink twitter.com/thebrainofMatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 It's like they said "Let's Americanize it!', and then they did it very poorly--There are a coupl of parks around town I've seen them play cricket in, and the unis are usually quite conservative and decidely non-garish--so these were a shock... Comic Sans walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve your type here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Where do I start???-I think we need ot vote for the worst...-Can't they actually get pictures of teh real shirts?-Were these logos created on PowerPoint?As to "real" worldwide uniforms, whites are pretty boring, ut the new "colours' they use for day tests (Aussie: is this the correct term?) are pretty cool. @Frenchie_TO Owner of the Rochester Americans of the MLH Owner of the Toronto Frenchies of the GCFHL6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabet Man Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 YepWhite or creams for Test, First Class, JuniorsColours for One Day Internationals (ODI), One Day Domestic (ODD) and some junior leaguesOur new ODI Shirts is greatBrett Lee (oh and in the new shirt) twitter.com/thebrainofMatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Actually the official term for domestic one day games are 'List A' one day matches. (One day matches between teams of a first class designation!) 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabet Man Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 One Day Domestic (ODD) is what kerry packer's channel 9 call itBut the comp here is the ING Cup twitter.com/thebrainofMatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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