Master batmaker John Gasson has completed a remarkable 50 years’ service with world renowned cricket specialist Gray-Nicolls. Clients have included some of the greatest names in the game and only recently current England captains Andrew Strauss and Alistair Cook collected their handcrafted bats from the Robertsbridge factory. John applied for a job at the tender...
Former Yorkshire-based cricketer, Richard Blackledge CEO of cricket manufacturing company CricTech, has developed a cricket bat analysis and design process that could revolutionise how cricketers choose their bats. Richard, who now lives in Los Angeles, is the USA Cricket Association’s South West Regional Youth Development Coordinator. The CricTech process uses patented impact marker sheets which...
Over the past few months we’ve leaked a few teasers and exclusives of the new Gray Nicolls bats for 2012/13. Now we can bring you the full range. Out goes the EVO – in comes the Colossus, A61, E41 Scoop and Scoop Revival. A line up where every player should be able to find a...
There’s been talk on the forums for months of an updated Dynadrive and here’s the first of GN’s attempts at bringing it back. We present – the E41 Scoop
Gray Nicolls are heading to Australia with 3 new models of bat this season: the Scoop Revival, like the UK Scoop, the Colossus, an all new massive bat and their mainstay of the 2012/13 range the A61. The A61 is the brother of the E41. Unlike it’s brother, the emphasis is placed on the middle...
First of all sorry for not posting in a while, I have been a bit busy with GM 2013, which got me thinking about how you the cricketer select a bat? When designing a new bat its important to think who (what type of player will this bat suit) and what does that player want,...
After a few days of pondering on the trouble I’d had with the finishing of the last bat, I realised that the difficulty I’d experienced was the exception and not the norm. However there’s always room for improvement, but more on that another time. I wasn’t sure what to say about this bat, it...
We’ve covered the factories in India previously, with a number of photos. Now thanks to Josh Gavan, a member of the Cricket Insight forum, we have an 11 minute long video which Josh filmed on a recent trip to the Anthem Sports factory in Jalandhar. The final product and workmanship is amazing, considering the limited...
When you get the finish just right, there’s fewer parts of the process that can be as satisfying. Seeing the grain of the wood come to life, along with the blemishes is rewarding. Usually, people want to cleanest looking, straightest grained piece of willow they can find, but the blemishes add character in my opinion....
I will be starting my fourth attempt at finishing this cricket bat. Yes that’s right, FOURTH! Every time I’ve got close to completing the finishing I’ve had some tear out and been forced to go all the way back to the beginning. This time I got to the binding and then noticed it. At first...
With the last project all wrapped up and on display. It was nice to get some positive feedback about it. Whilst it didn’t make its way to the intended customer, I’m more than happy to keep it. I’ve had some enquiries about making other planes for people and will be undertaking this work in due...
As cricket season approaches, it may be rain that’s falling rather than wickets but here at Cricket Insight we want to brighten things up with our Big Summer Competition, we see this as our chance to give something back to our readers! The competition will run for 2 weeks in a raffle format. During this...
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