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Title: Sports Direct - do they actually ever sell decent kit instore?
Post by: Whispering Death on January 26, 2013, 07:18:48 PM
Have been to many sports direct stores in my time (2 today in fact) and have never once seen a decent piece of kit!

anyone ever been to one which sells an English willow bat?
Title: Re: Sports Direct - do they actually ever sell decent kit instore?
Post by: cricketbadger on January 26, 2013, 07:24:22 PM
saw a few decent gray nics bats last year in one, think one was a 5star and the other a carbo which i should have bought
always have some decent slaz pads at about £15, other than that its mostly garbage, with the odd gem
Title: Re: Sports Direct - do they actually ever sell decent kit instore?
Post by: Whispering Death on January 26, 2013, 07:28:12 PM
if i ever saw a good gn bat i'd certainly snap it up!!
Title: Re: Sports Direct - do they actually ever sell decent kit instore?
Post by: Vitas Cricket on January 26, 2013, 07:29:38 PM
Its a bit like TK Maxx.

Mostly tat with the odd decent thing once in a blue moon.
Title: Re: Sports Direct - do they actually ever sell decent kit instore?
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on January 26, 2013, 07:44:56 PM
Occasionally some ok soft gear, kookaburra gear recently in my local SD, perfect for netting or spare's. I once bought a brilliant Gray nics Evo Carbo from there online and it was amazing and only cost £70 till some little git stole it along with my kit bag a couple of years ago?

In store bat wise is normally tat.
Title: Re: Sports Direct - do they actually ever sell decent kit instore?
Post by: adam1312 on January 26, 2013, 09:53:54 PM
I found some top of the range grey Nicole gloves in endof season sale a few years back
Title: Re: Sports Direct - do they actually ever sell decent kit instore?
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on January 27, 2013, 12:18:26 AM
stack it high sell it cheap if their main theory, however they have made a focus on improving their range in terms of cricket of late hence the recognised brands being stocked
Title: Re: Sports Direct - do they actually ever sell decent kit instore?
Post by: jimster on January 27, 2013, 12:54:17 AM
Best things ive found are slazenger elite gloves and GN quantum elite pads
Title: Re: Sports Direct - do they actually ever sell decent kit instore?
Post by: Manormanic on January 27, 2013, 09:01:12 AM
going back maybe three four years I found a GM Hero Original that became my nephew's birthday present for about £75 in their sale.  It was not the best grain wise but played well off the mallet!