The New Zealand team has unveiled a new strip this season and of most note is the absence of the the traditional three black stripes, which have been replaced by a thick black band.
New Zealand cricket great John R. Reid cringed when he saw the new jersey and suggested it was a marketing ploy that cheapened the history of New Zealand cricket.
"It's a break with tradition and that's the thing that is annoying me," he said yesterday.
The all-rounder, who rates among the best to have played for New Zealand, scored 3428 runs and took 85 wickets during a sterling 58-test career.
He is the last surviving member of the 1949 team which toured England and took enormous pride in playing for his country.
"A three-striped jersey is one of the things I treasure and hope to give to my grandchildren at some stage."
However, Vaughan rejected suggestions it was a marketing ploy.
"We've obviously moved to a new apparel provider and this was the design they came up with," he said, adding the feedback from the players had been positive.
"We'll review it, but to us it is not a huge issue. It is a bigger issue for us that players get out there and win games."
He denied the change was so the new provider, Canterbury International, could avoid confusion with adidas' trademark three stripes.
For Reid, though, it is an issue.
The 80-year-old was in Dunedin to watch the first test between New Zealand and the West Indies and is definitely not a fan of the new attire.
Nor is he keen on the adopted moniker the Black Caps.
"What is wrong with being called New Zealand? I think it is just another marketing ploy.
"Every schoolboy has an ambition to play cricket for New Zealand. I never played for the Black Caps; I wanted to play for New Zealand."
