Eyes on the prize: From Stuart Broad to Pat Cash, all hail the hair-conquering headband heroes

In the headband game, as trendsetting cricketing hero Stuart Broad will attest, there’s a very short run-up from how-zat to what-a-prat, writes Simon Mills. Here are the men who pull off the look with lustre (and the ones who flopped)

Broad is the latest in a long line of ‘banded brothers (Getty/Touchstone Pictures)

Stuart Broad may be retiring, but his head gear is still very much out there.

After that Aussie-busting wicket at the Oval last week, Broad became the Rambo of the cricket crease; the Tonto of the full toss, fast fashion’s fast bowler – with both bowler and headband blowing up the internet.

Google “Stuart Broad headband” and the web will ping up a selection of white, Broad–a-like tribute bands available via Temu, Amazon, Sports Direct and eBay with a £1.50 to £15 price point (more luxurious versions, like the Neve logo-embroidered brushed-knit headband by Jacquemus are available through Mr Porter for £75). The Broad band width is crucial too – just 6cm. No room at Headingley or Lords for colourful and expansive Axl Rose affairs that stray into dodgy bandana territory.