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Equipment => Wicket Keeping => Topic started by: richthekeeper on December 05, 2011, 02:26:11 PM

Title: Lightest WK Pads
Post by: richthekeeper on December 05, 2011, 02:26:11 PM

Well as the batsmen of the forum have had their little discussion, I thought I'd get one started for the glovemen.

I'm currently using an old, battered pair of GN Xiphos pads which were handed down to our 1st team keeper by Glamorgan skipper Mark Wallace. Our keeper has a habit of making sliding stops while wearing pads and eventually snapped the buckle on one of them - I managed to get a replacement strap from GN and repaired them.

They're very light (I'll weigh them when I get home from work) but also very soft and quite flimsy. The knee roll flaps about a little bit and they sort of remind me of that packing foam you wrap round water pipes!

Weigh your pads, chaps!   8)

Title: Re: Lightest WK Pads
Post by: cricketboy2010 on December 06, 2011, 10:59:35 AM

individual or both????

KD Sports Blaze Players

Individual:400 grams

Both: 900 grams

Getting the 2012 adidas pro keeping pads for next season, i hope they are good!  :D

Title: Re: Lightest WK Pads
Post by: Johnny on December 06, 2011, 11:17:01 AM

Ummm... if individually they are 400g, then surely they're 800g as a pair????

Title: Re: Lightest WK Pads
Post by: cricketboy2010 on December 06, 2011, 11:26:05 AM

Quote from: Johnny Firefly on December 06, 2011, 11:17:01 AM

Ummm... if individually they are 400g, then surely they're 800g as a pair????

yer thats what i thought but when i weighed them thats what the scales came up as  :-[

Title: Re: Lightest WK Pads
Post by: peplow on December 06, 2011, 11:33:36 AM

perhaps we should do both then! one of your legs must sweat more than the other and its soaked it up ;)

Title: Re: Lightest WK Pads
Post by: cricketboy2010 on December 06, 2011, 11:45:27 AM

Quote from: peplow on December 06, 2011, 11:33:36 AM

perhaps we should do both then! one of your legs must sweat more than the other and its soaked it up ;)

Hahahahha very good peplow  :D

Title: Re: Lightest WK Pads
Post by: richthekeeper on December 11, 2011, 03:48:36 PM

mine are about 300g each