Cricket Shirts in the UK: Types, Sizes and Buying Guide

Cricket shirts in the UK come in four kinds, fan jersey, replica, player edition and training shirt, from three places: the team's own store, an official national store such as the ECB's, and specialist retailers like us who import across leagues. The right shirt depends on which of those you want, what you will pay for match-spec fabric over a polo-collar fan version, and whether you need a specific team or just a good cricket shirt. This guide covers the types, where UK buyers can actually get them, what we hold across the IPL, PSL, SA20 and international sides, how the sizing works, and how to check what you are buying.

The Four Kinds of Cricket Shirt

The franchises themselves define the tiers, and the gap is bigger than most buyers expect. On Mumbai Indians' official store the 2026 men's fan jersey is listed at 999 rupees, the replica edition at 2,499 and the player edition at 5,999. Kolkata Knight Riders list a fan jersey at 999 rupees and a match jersey player version at 1,899.

• Fan jersey. The team's colours and crest on a plain polyester shirt, often with a polo collar and quarter zip and simplified sponsor detailing. Comfortable, cheap, and what most supporters wear.
• Replica. The match shirt's design on standard fabric, with the full sponsor set. The middle tier where a team offers one.
• Player edition. Built to mirror what the players wear: jacquard fabric, mesh gussets, athletic fit, foil detailing on the MI version. Sold with a player's name and number on long-sleeve versions, which is how KKR's player editions come.
• Training shirt. The warm-up and nets kit, usually a different colour from the match shirt, cheaper and looser.

Add to those the used and match-issued shirts that come up second-hand, which are a collecting question rather than a buying one; our guide to cricket jersey collecting covers them.

Where UK Fans Can Buy

• The team's own store. Every IPL franchise runs or licenses one, and most ship internationally. Prices are in rupees and delivery to the UK adds postage and sometimes import charges. There is no central IPL shop: the league's site does not sell shirts.
• The national board's store. England shirts are sold through the ECB's official shop, run by Castore, where a 2026-27 men's ODI shirt lists at £75 and a junior shirt at £65. India's kit is made by adidas under a BCCI deal that runs to 2028.
• Specialist UK retailers. Shops like ours import official shirts across leagues and hold them in the UK, so delivery is days rather than weeks and sizing exchanges are local. The trade-off is depth: a specialist holds a few sizes of many teams rather than every size of one.
• Marketplaces. The riskiest channel. FanCode Shop, which had been the largest multi-team licensee in India, closed in 2025 citing the unchecked circulation of counterfeit products alongside its own viability problems. Our guide to authentic cricket shirts covers how to check a seller.

What We Hold

We stock official shirts across more leagues than any one team store, in the sizes we can get, at UK prices. Fan jerseys run £41.99, standard official jerseys £44.99 to £49.99, KKR player-edition long sleeves £54.99, kids' match jerseys £37.59 to £46.99, training shirts £34.99 to £41.99 and used shirts £39.99. Stock changes weekly and sizes are usually few per shirt, so the collection pages are the only reliable list, but on 14 October 2026 the shelf looked like this:

• IPL. A 2025 Lucknow Super Giants maroon edition, KKR player-edition long sleeves, and kids' 2024 match jerseys for Punjab Kings, KKR and Chennai Super Kings. Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings adult fan jerseys and the RCB 2023 shirt are listed but currently sold out.
• PSL. Islamabad United 2025 home and away fan jerseys.
• SA20. Pretoria Capitals 2024 and 2025, Paarl Royals 2024, MI Cape Town 2024 and Joburg Super Kings 2024, plus a Pretoria training shirt.
• ILT20, MLC, GT20 and T10. Sharjah Warriorz, Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom, Montreal Tigers and the Bangla Tigers match and training shirts.
• International. India's 2025 T20 and ODI shirts and England's 2023 ODI shirt.
• Used. Women's Big Bash shirts from Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Sixers, sold as previously worn.

Everything above sits in the choose your own collection, with player shirts, kids shirts, PSL shirts and international shirts as the sub-collections. If you do not need a particular team, the cricket mystery box at £39.88 is the cheapest way to an official shirt and is where most of our stock actually goes.

Sizing

Cricket shirts are sized by their manufacturer, not by a common standard, and a shirt made for the Indian or Pakistani market usually runs a size smaller than UK high street. Several of our listings say so outright: the Sunrisers and Islamabad United shirts recommend going one size up from your usual UK size, the MI Cape Town shirt fits small, and the Karachi Kings and Joburg Super Kings shirts fit true to size. The listing is the guide; where it says nothing, assume a slim Asian cut and size up if you are between sizes. If it arrives wrong, our returns policy is an exchange: email us or use the contact form and we will swap it.

Buying Checks

1. Decide the tier first. A fan jersey is the right buy for watching and for nets. Pay for a player edition only if you want match-spec fabric or a name and number.
2. Check the season. Older seasons are the value in the market and are no less official; a 2024 shirt at £44.99 is the same shirt it was in 2024. We list the season in every title.
3. Check the seller. Team store, national store, or a UK retailer that names the league and season and holds stock here. Marketplace listings with stock photos and no close-ups are where the fakes live.
4. Check your rights. A shirt sold as official that is not is "not as described" under the Consumer Rights Act, which gives you a full refund within 30 days, and online purchases carry a 14-day cooling-off period on top.
5. Read the size note. See above. Most returns we handle are sizing, and most of those are a shirt bought in UK size against a listing that said to go up.

Team Guides

If you follow one franchise, we have a guide to each team's kit history and editions: Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, plus a cross-team look at IPL team colours and historic designs.

FAQs: Cricket Shirts in the UK

Where can I buy IPL jerseys in the UK? From the franchise's own store shipping from India, or from a UK specialist that imports official shirts and holds them here. There is no central IPL shop, and FanCode Shop closed in 2025.

What is the difference between a fan jersey and a player edition? Fabric, fit and price. The fan jersey is plain polyester with simplified sponsors; the player edition mirrors the match shirt in fabric and cut and costs several times more on the official stores.

What size cricket shirt should I buy? Read the listing. Shirts made for the Indian and Pakistani markets usually run a size small; ours say when to go up. If in doubt, size up, and exchange if it is wrong.

Are last season's shirts still official? Yes, and they are the best value in the market. The season is in the title and the shirt is unchanged.

Can I buy an England cricket shirt in the UK? Yes, from the ECB's official shop, run by Castore, from £65 for a junior and £75 for an adult, and from stockists. We hold the 2023 ODI shirt when sizes allow.

Sources

Fan, replica and player edition tiers and prices are from the Mumbai Indians official store. England shirt prices are from the ECB official shop. FanCode Shop's closure was reported by Inc42, 28 August 2025. Our stock and prices are as listed on 14 October 2026.