Cricket Equipment – An Impartial Review

With the growing popularity of cricket around the world, there are more and more sports goods manufacturers who are wanting to become involved in the lucrative industry which is cricket equipment. Cricket has always been popular on the subcontinent but now with their ever growing economies, these countries are the big spenders when it comes to good quality cricket equipment.

I emphasise \”good quality\” because to become involved in the world of cricket, products need to be better than they were even 10 years ago. Cricket bats for instance need to be of the quality of wood to instill confidence into a batsman. As they have to play a large percentage of shots in the air and if they cannot be confident of that, they will move onto the next cricket equipment manufacturer, and the next, and so on. The problem with flitting from one manufacturer to another is cost. Ok, the test players get paid to use a particular brand, but us mere mortals have to fork out our hard earned cash (and most cricket equipment is very expensive) to try and emulate our hero\’s

So which, bat, ball, bag, boot, etc. should you use? There is so much choice and every manufacture will tell you theirs is the best.

We have done some pretty extensive testing on the complete array of cricket equipment, and have discovered some interesting results. The testing procedure involves speaking to experienced cricketers who have used most of the different brands of equipment, testing products ourselves to the point of destruction in some cases. Also, our own experiences over the years of which equipment performs best.

The results are not completely straight forward in most cases. Take cricket bats for instance, what is ideal for one player may not be for the next, i.e some players want a hard face that is already initially compacted allowing a better connection with the ball, and so giving the best results when striking. Most of these bats however will not last too long as the wood is so hard it can be more brittle than a softer less compacted blade, which will last longer but may not give the instant result until it has been adequatly \”knocked in\”.A lot of the harder faced bats are produced in the sub continent.

As I mentioned earlier in this article, the pace and demands of the modern game have changed from a few years ago. There is much more emphasis on quick run scoring which means you need to be sure of your bat but also you need the best possible protection from your pads, gloves, etc but you dont want them to hinder your movement.As for the bowlers, there is a great expectation on cutting down the run rate and an ability to \”field\” well, gone are the days of disappearing down to fine leg or third man for a rest, this means that clothing and boots must be flexible and comfortable without compromising the protection they give. So all in all it is not an easy task when choosing your cricket equipment, so the more information you can get the better prepared you are.

We have tested all the leading brands such as Gray Nichols, Adidas, Kookaburra, Woodworm, etc along with some of the lesser known brands and individual manufacturers.

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