Anthony Costa

Sports Identity & Design

The Cricketeers: 1978 World Series Cricket

July 17, 2015

The ‘Cricketeers’ were characters created by PBL in the late 70s to promote Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket to kids. The crinkly hand-drawn lines have an endearing charm that sometimes gets lost under the glossy Pixar-esque polish of today’s animation.

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Anthony Costa is a designer specialising in sports branding. Anthony has appeared on Fox Sports News , 1116 SEN, ABC Radio and is an Australian Sports Commission Media Awards finalist. His work has been featured in The Age, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and Sports Business Insider Australia.

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The Cricketeers: 1978 World Series Cricket