McCullum's Orange Hat

And another thing. What’s the orange hat that McCullum’s wearing all about? Well Wickman knows it’s for the chap that is currently the leading run scorer in the tournament. But why? What’s the point of him wearing it? So you can spot him when he’s fielding is the obvious answer you’ll be telling Wickman. It sort of doesn’t mean anything. Yes Wickman knows that in cycling the fella that’s leading the race wears the maillot jaune and the king of the sprints gets green or whatever and the mountain king gets white with red spots. But there’s a reason. Hundreds of cyclists bunch together for 250kms of French countryside. The spectators in that sport need to know where the overall race leader is. It makes it easier. What plonker can’t spot McCullum with McCullum written on his back on the telly? And for the crowd? Do 70,000 people want to see McCullum under the ball and scream “you can bat, but you can’t field”? What happens when it changes from McCullum to Mr Cricket or someone else? Do they publicise the fact? Otherwise you might be thinking “Hello McCullum has changed sides – he’s not playing for Kolkata tonight”. It just doesn’t help. Wickman supposes you could be close enough in the crowd to see the hat and read the player’s name on the back of the shirt and say “okay that’s x and he’s the leading run scorer in the tournament”. Wickman wonders what happens if someone overtakes McCullum in the middle of a game they are both playing in. At the apposite moment does McCullum say “fair goes mate, here’s the cap”? It would be sweaty… Here's someone wearing an orange hat totally unlike the orange hat that McCullum was wearing. This is because when you type McCullum's orange hat into Google an alarm goes off and IT come round to take away your computer as they think it's something "wrong". They should see Wickman's temp files...