From Cricketlogic.blogspot.com

For any cricketer, Test cricket is the ultimate. And, so is the
feeling of wearing your country's Test cap. Perhaps, that explains the
outrage of former players, and also fans, when Cricket Australia made
Ricky Ponting's team wear blue caps emblazoned with its sponsor VB
beer logo instead of the traditional baggy green in a match against a
Jamaican XI team.

"Money talks," said former Australian Test cricketer Greg Matthews to
an Australian publication. He added: "You're selling your pride,
selling the baggy green. It just cheapens things. If someone said to
me I had to wear a VB hat, I'd tell them to **** off."

According to Cricketlogic.blogspot.com, Cricket Australia was taken
aback by the backlash and immediately issued a media release,
clarifying the circumstances. "Brad Haddin, who has not yet been
selected to play Test cricket for Australia, was ineligible to wear
the baggy green cap, which is only presented to players on the morning
of their Test debut. In these circumstances it was decided that in the
interests of team uniformity (and out of respect for the baggy green)
all players would wear the same cap, the blue Cricket Australia
training cap, which bears the sponsors mark," said Cricket Australia
public affairs manager Peter Young.
"Due to these special circumstances, during the second innings of the
current tour game the Australian players are wearing baggy green caps,
if they are eligible to wear them, or a Cricket Australia floppy white
hat, rather than the blue training cap. Brad Haddin may wear his
Australia one-day cap while keeping wicket," he added.

However, the damage has already been done. In this age of
commercialization, it's the game which has taken the beating. What do
you think?