Aug 16, 2012

Matt Prior takes to the field today with the new Slazenger V12. A retro bat, taken from the Slazenger Pro Tour range. The range will be available in November from cricket stores across the UK. Here’s some photos: More photos of the Pro Tour and Slazenger ranges are availble on our site, take a look [...]

Aug 13, 2012

Moving away from the retro designed bats, Slazenger are also offering some bats manufactured using some of the latest advances in technology. The Hex handle The handle has seen some of the greatest innovation in cricket bats, but the recent Law 6 update by the MCC has since stifled the carbon composite style handles which [...]

Aug 13, 2012

The cricket equipment silly season is in full flow. September has always traditionally been the launch date for cricket equipment to retailers, however over the past few years they’ve got progressively earlier – with Slazenger in 2012 launching their 2013 range before T20 finals day and halfway through the main summer Test series. The Slazenger [...]

Aug 08, 2012

THE SLAZENGER PRO TOUR RANGE Slazenger’s first ever retro range takes a step back in time to capture the essence of the brand from some 30 years ago. The Slazenger Pro Tour range is inspired by our much celebrated and revered legendary bat maker, Eric Loxton, who in creating world class iconic bats for decades; [...]

Jan 06, 2012

Earlier this week Slazenger lost talismanic Australian captain Michael Clarke, but it was announced today that, England strike bowler Chris Tremlett has put pen to paper to use and endorse Slazenger equipment. The Surrey seamer, formerly a Woodworm contracted player will be using the Slazenger equipment for the first time in England’s upcoming tour against [...]

Jan 05, 2012

Paul Collingwood asked Slazenger to build him a bat weighing more than 4lb, about twice the weight of a normal blade to use in the nets. Collingwood, a member of England’s Ashes winning squad, has joined the Perth Scorchers for the Big Bash League, and uses the bat to help build arm strength and improve [...]

Jan 04, 2012

During his stunning innings in the current Australia vs India test,of 251 unbeaten, Michael Clarke has been using a blank bat. His long standing partnership with Slazenger was ended on December 31st 2011. Michael has been signed to Slazenger since he was 12 years old, meaning he has been using and endorsing Slazenger bats for [...]

Sep 21, 2011

Thanks to our friends at Slazenger UK we’ve got an exclusive first look at their new 2012 range. First up are the bats, an evolutionary advance on their 2011 range. Their main innovation and cosmetic change is the all new OctoPlus grip, a grip which offers increased grip for the top hand and extra cushioning [...]

Sep 21, 2011

Slazenger have kept the majority of the range the same, however have made a few cosmetic and performance enhancing tweaks to their soft goods for 2012.

Sep 19, 2011

2012 sees further development of their relaunched V series. The V100, V200, V500 and V360 have all been updated with new designs and a fancy new Octoplus grip which not only looks great but also offers improved grip for the top hand and exta cushioning for the bottom.