There’s been rumours in the industry that New Balance were entering the cricket equipment world, following their signing of Dale Steyn. Today they announced their biggest signing yet, Jonathan Trott joins Steyn and Patrick Cummins in endorsing New Balance in 2013. Cricket retailer Owzat Cricket have confirmed they’ll be stocking the New Balance gear for [...]

Aug 20, 2012

Lots of questions surrounding James Taylor and his helmet. It’s been called everything from a ducks beak, to a backwards Team GB Cycling Helmet. So what is it? It’s an Ayrtek helmet, a helmet designed using air pumps, carbon fibre and titanium to create the safest helmet the game has seen. The funny shape is [...]

Aug 19, 2012

Some of our more eagle eyed readers may have spotted that England captain, Andrew Strauss has been using the new GN Maverick against the touring South Africans. With striking Orange and Black decals the Maverick is a full bodied bat with very little concaving. Featuring a Mid placed sweetspot, an even bow and rounded spine [...]

Aug 16, 2012

While running brand, New Balance is not recognized as a cricketing brand, they will be launching their cricket footwear at the beginning of the next season. It has been confirmed that explosive South African paceman Dale Steyn has been signed up to endorse their new cricket shoe.

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 [...]

Original article hosted on: http://www.wisdenindia.com/the-kp-fiasco-stupidity-and-double-standards Written by Michael Holding. When England and South Africa take the field at Lord’s on Thursday morning, Kevin Pietersen will be a notable absentee. And for that, you can blame monumental stupidity from both sides. It’s not easy to make sense of what has happened, but the facts are simple enough. [...]

Jul 25, 2012

Some of the more eagle eyed of you may have spotted Ravi Bopara sporting a new bat. Earlier in the year Bopara switched from Gunn & Moore to Indian manufacturer Sareen Sports. With that he moved away from the classically branded bats to the brasher SS branded bats. However whilst playing for England against Australia [...]

Mar 06, 2012

Its been a busy week for England and Sussex All-Rounder Luke Wright. The 26-year-old, the medium-fast bowler, signed a new deal to keep him at his current county until the end of the 2015 season and has also agreed a deal with Puma Cricket to use and endorse their equipment. Wright, formerly a Kookabura poster [...]

England have just been thrashed 3-0 by Pakistan in the Test Cricket series played in Abu Dhabi. Whilst the Pakistani’s played wonderful cricket something was quite clearly amiss for the England team, perhaps preparation or maybe even their bats? We take a look at what bats they’re endorsing at the moment. Andrew Strauss – Gray [...]

Prior to visiting Australia a number of the Indian players made changes to their bats, reducing weight and in some cases handle size to make it easier to play their shots on the bouncy Australian tracks. ESPN caught up with Paras Anand, of SG Cricket, to discuss the changes made to the cricket bats and [...]

Jan 07, 2012

According to reports in the Australian press, Australia Captain Michael Clarke is due to sign a 3yr deal with Spartan Sports over the next week. The figure is purported to be 7 figures. Spartan are a relatively new company to the market, but already boast Mitchell Johnson in their cricketing stable alongside Rugby league star [...]

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 [...]