Ranked: Cricket World Cup 2019 kits from worst to best

It's been 20 years since a World Cup on English shores. 1999 was a vintage, so how does this edition shape up in the fashion stakes?

The Cricket World Cup 2019 captains show off their lovely kits for the tournament. Find out how they're ranked by tapping right. Courtesy ICC

10th: Afghanistan. The fact they are advertising an away kit is a serious offence in cricket and instantly puts them at the bottom off the kit table. The home shirt isn't bad, otherwise. Courtesy ACB via Twitter

9th: South Africa. This is not cool, South Africa. Three cricket countries share green as their sporting colour and the Proteas have trampled on Pakistan's ground with this neon green top. Courtesy CSA via Twitter

8th: Bangladesh. A bit too plain an offering from Bangladesh. It's a dull grass green that will get lost in the outfield. There's rumours of an 'alternative' kit which would relegate them to the bottom of this list. Courtesy BCB via tigercricket.com.bd

7th: West Indies. The men in maroon are going into the World Cup as underdogs but will cause a few shocks during the tournament. Calypso cricket is back in business but the vibrancy will be in the performances rather than their outfits. Getty Images

6th: Australia. I've never taken to Australian sports teams in canary yellow and green. It feels like the country has strayed off the reservation. The 2007 World Cup win in green and gold was their zenith. This shirt is a bit Norwich City. Courtesy Cricket World Cup

5th: New Zealand. On first glance, it looks a little plain, but I actually dig the Black Caps aligning themselves closer to their rugby bretheren for this edition. Courtesy ICC

4th India. A nice understated electric blue strip for Virat Kohli and his team. India swings wildly in kit choices at world cups from 90s abominations to the 2011 vintage. This is a safe, refined choice. BCCI via Twitter

3rd: Pakistan. There's been some pretenders to Pakistan's throne as the team with the premier green strip. Sarfraz Ahmed's charges will be looking sharp in their slight-throwback retro kit. It's a tidy outfit that will make Imran Khan and his cornered tigers proud. Courtesy PCB via Twitter

2nd: England. The most dominant one-day side over the past four years dropped a statement of intent - a retro sky-blue shirt to channel their inner-1992 run to the final. It's gorgeous. Courtesy Cricket England via Twitter

1st: Sri Lanka. There can be only one winner and Sri Lanka's kit wins on two levels. Firstly the print of a sea turtle leaving deep waters for a sandy shore is an incredibly original use of the team's traditional yellow and blue colour scheme. Secondly, the kit is made from recycled ocean plastic, so it's probably the most environmentally friendly kit ever made. Courtesy SLC via Twitter

There's two vintage World Cup years that have defined the aesthetics of one-day cricket.

The first, 1992, saw eight teams sport a single-style design, the only interchangeable was the base colour. It was glorious.

At the time the shirts helped shake off much of the derision from purists around limited-over cricket being played in coloured pyjamas. Today, the shirts remain a staple at cricket grounds around the world and can still be found in official cricket stores - even for teams who never took part in the tournament.

The last vintage year was the last time a World Cup was held on English shores, in 1999. In the space of seven years, national teams were allowed to explore and find a colour scheme and design to fit.

It was a time for experimentation. New Zealand, a country you associate with black and white (and at a push kiwi), were sporting a teal strip. Teal! England and India swapped their end of the blue spectrum and the eventual winners, Australia set the tone for tournaments to come in the canary yellow and green starred strip.

The pick of the bunch was Pakistan. The sight of tearaway fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar sprinting in a pistachio day-glow green to hurl a 160kph delivery was a treat.

So what about 2019? Above, I rank the 10 shirts on show from worst to best.

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