Custom Bats Cricket Forum
General Cricket => Players => Topic started by: Cover_Drive on October 31, 2012, 06:31:38 PM
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As we all know Gray Nicolls and Gunn & Moore are what I would call prodigious because they are one of the oldest, eminent and so on.
When I see a player who has been sponsored by likes of Gray Nicolls and Gunn & Moore the first thought that comes to my mind (assuming I have no background information about player) is that "This player must be a classy and a superb batsman"
For me Gray Nicolls and Gunn & Moore are highly esteemed brands because they have sponsored worlds great over the years.
When I see a person sponsored by Boom Boom first thought that comes to my mind is that "Oh he is a slogger"
What does a company sponsoring a player symbolize to you?
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BoomBoom is the same for me lol I think it's because of the Afridi connection.
GN - Class, with Cook and Strauss being bat's I've seen using them.
Woodworm - I used to associate with Freddy so more slogging.
GM - I remember seeing Tres and Vaughan using these when I was growing up so a bit of a mixed bag really, the class of Vaughan and the hard hitting of Tres.
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I associate Kookaburra with classy Aussie players
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for me Kook is with this guy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Thorpe
Made cricket for me when I was watching test cricket in channel 4
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Great shout Joey!!
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Freddie's broken woodworm at Lords against the saffas
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Adidas, the premier league of cricketers. The big names worth a lot of money, ST, SB, KP, SR
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BoomBoom is the same for me lol I think it's because of the Afridi connection.
GN - Class, with Cook and Strauss being bat's I've seen using them.
Woodworm - I used to associate with Freddy so more slogging.
GM - I remember seeing Tres and Vaughan using these when I was growing up so a bit of a mixed bag really, the class of Vaughan and the hard hitting of Tres.
I concur your sentiments Wilkie, completely agreed.
I associate Kookaburra with classy Aussie players
Indeed
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goochie and the ss turbo
athers and nasser with the powerspot.
David Gower and the open championship bat
beefy and hick with the Duncan fernley
and the stig with his Halo, which I never got to try!
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Robin smith with GN and Alex Stewart with a kook bubble are my best memories. What I'd like to know is, do they make the brands money? I'm sure makers like mat at H4L won't mention figures but I wonder what getting Mr Mahmood use his bat did for his firm and more importantly his reputation.?
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And yet, in parallel, Graeme Swann with GM, Bres and Jimmy with Slazengers and other eminently less well skilled batsmen with others...
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Michael Bevan and Puma/Millichamp - individual and classy (in one-day format...)
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goochie and the ss turbo
athers and nasser with the powerspot.
David Gower and the open championship bat
beefy and hick with the Duncan fernley
and the stig with his Halo, which I never got to try!
I'd associate Gower with GN, especialy the four scoop, than OC. He only used OC for the last couple of years of his career.
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Yep, Gower with GN, Botham with DF and Gooch with SS. To be honest GM always reminds me of my school days when the the school bats were all GM 'Cannons' (anyone remember them?
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slaz - alec stewert
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Atherton and powerspot...
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Not quite on topic, but as a bowler, as soon as I see a guy with matching Pads, Gloves and Bat, I instantly assume sponsored and raise my game slightly!
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LOL - That's why I'm a 'rainbow warrior'! :D
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Whenever I see some of the old kookaburra beasts I remember them boasting on their website that at the time it was the bat with the most odi sixes
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Agree
Atherton with test opener pads and power spot
Duncan Fearnley with hich,beefy thinking about magnums and 405 and attack with
Strangely gunn and Moore remind me of Desmond Haynes maistrow and even stranger Richard Hadlee with the origInal diamond
Kookaburra reminds,me of the ridgeback and pads with massive top hats
Slazenger well remind me of mark Waugh
Symonds reminds,me of greenidge
Stuart surridge well gooch 335 turbo and the
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Ashes 05, KP had a woodworm, and I also think Freddie did to.
Ian Bell has just gone from Adidas to Kook.
KP now with Adidas.
Cook and Strauss GN
I grew up loving GM, will always have one, but now I'm with Laver
Once a player is truly established I think it is purely down to the money, what might be interesting is what did they use on their rise?
And also what would past players like Beefy play with now?
Willowstix Spitfire / SAF Hades / H4L Tempo hmmmmm.....
I'd love to sponsored by SAF or Laver
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V12 Alan Lamb
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Arun Harinath at Surrey is now sponsored by M+H
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Anyone inspired to go out and buy some spartan gear now with Clarke using them? Not me anyway haha
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CA Sports
''I Played in the IPL and CA was the most money I could get, So I'm with them until something better comes along''
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i definitely agree on the Boom Boom. Though havent seen many people using their bats in our league (Essex).
have to admit, when i see people using the high priced GN or GM, i tend to automically think they must be good players. however, that is not always the case!
personally, have always held CA close to heart. ever since Inzi first used one.
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...when i see people using the high priced GN or GM, i tend to automically think they must be good players. however, that is not always the case!
Note to self....don't use high priced GN/GM!
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Note to self....don't use high priced GN/GM!
lol petehosk, i am sure you are been modest there mate