New Zealand Cricket will tap into their retro chic roots this summer by adorning the Black Caps in beige for Twenty20 internationals.

The colour which captivated the country's cricket faithful through the 1980s, and briefly with the first T20 international in 2005, will return. Clothing sponsors Canterbury are designing the new shirts, believed to have black rather than the traditional chocolate side panelling.

New Zealand will play five T20 matches in January - two against Sri Lanka and three against Pakistan - to prepare for the World T20 in India during March and April. If the uniform is deemed a success, it could get a run on the global stage.

The uniform has since been a backdrop to memorable moments like the underarm incident against Australia in 1981 and Lance Cairns' six sixes in 1983, including a one-hander over square leg using his shoulder-less Excalibur bat. Both instances occurred at the MCG.

Radio Sport's Martin Devlin got the chance to try the uniform on.