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Equipment => Gloves => Topic started by: gihanrat on December 17, 2013, 09:05:31 AM
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Hi all,
First posting on this wonderful site!
Need cheering up after the woeful Ashes campaign this morning.
So a cheery subject (from the perspective of a tailender!). To save you from broken fingers from those rapid bumpers, what is everyones opinion on the most effective batting glove on the market in terms of protection?
I know most people feel that "sausage style" traditional gloves provide better protection in terms of coverage over the length of fingers over multi-segmented gloves, but what about the various other technologies that companies claim to improve protection? Any "hits" (pardon the pun!) or any "misses"?
Any top 3 recommendations for top protection gloves?
Also, what additional protection can you add onto a glove (I seem to remember in the late 1990's there was a trend to stick a cricket-box style plastic cage onto gloves I haven't seen this at all in recent years)?
Have the gloves with the double flap over the bottom two fingers now completely gone out of fashion (from the 1980s-1990s)?
Looking forward to hearing the opinions of all!
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Welcome buddy.
Personally I like the split fingers on the newbery sps gloves. I think the breaking in time on sausage gloves has completely disappeared with peoplr wanting to use them straight out the packaging. I have just bought some cicada gloves that I saw wes durston using last year. Pittards palms with full rounded plastic inserts on all fingers. More traditional sausage style gloves with a split around the knuckles.
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Good to hear from you.
Which particular model of cicada gloves did you get? Are the full rounded plastic inserts a sort of "cage" around the fingers?
I remember slaz gloves had a cage or chamber system to dissipate the shock directly to the handle on the bottom two fingers in the early days of such technology, and a wierd GM glove similarly that had a hard cast over all the finger ends much like the Kookaburra mitt gloves of this last season, but again the shock was dissipated directly to the handle
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Gm had the teknik glove where the protection was horizontal on the fingers. Sort of like the kookaburra ones last year. The cicada ones im unsure of the model but will get some pics up later. Nice glove and great price compared to some of the branded bohemoths. Think monty is the only one with any extra protection on his bowlinv hand nowadays.
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I think the GM Teknik gloves are the ones I'm thinking of. Also the original Slaz Pro Test / 2000 Pro gloves from the late 1990's/early 2000's similar idea but just for the leading two fingers only.
I can imagine Monty sitting there in the dressing room of the second test, busy modding away his batting gloves whilst watching MJ steaming in at England's batting line-up. He gave a pretty good account of himself in terms of courage when batting - maybe the extra finger protection gave him this sense of invincibility that the others did not!!! :D
Any successful mods that others have made to their gloves to improve protection?
Some might say the best protection money can buy is more batting lessons!!! :D
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Mods to gloves, I can help there! (Although it's broken finger advice so might not be 100% what you're after)
Cut the meshy bit away from the inside of the two fingers, put on the glove (your strapped fingers now go in) and fasten with medical tape! The fingers are joined so you can leave fingers strapped an tere is, theoretically, a larger surface area to desperate the inpact.
Alternatively just don't break your finger and this isn't required ;)
As for the gloves with the best protection go for the Kook mittens! :D
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Ha! good advice! I'm trying not to get my digits turned to cream crackers! But maybe pre-emptive approach.........
Do you add any extra fibre/plastic inserts to help with this? Anyone tried any extra rubber/foam type materials to lessen impact force?
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Ha! good advice! I'm trying not to get my digits turned to cream crackers! But maybe pre-emptive approach.........
Do you add any extra fibre/plastic inserts to help with this? Anyone tried any extra rubber/foam type materials to lessen impact force?
No fibre or plastic inserts no, but I did in the end use some contact adhesive in the fingers which dries sort of rubbery. That held the fingers together and made it one surface instead of two.
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How quick is the bowling you are facing? Ive faced some sharp bowling and never had an issue with gloves not giving proper protection.
if you get top end gloves, no matter what style, unless you get hit really really full on by a sharp bowler you shouldnt have an issue.
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Have played against some pretty sharp bowlers, some of whom are pinging it down from great heights so getting a lot of bounce. I'm a short chap so top part of my blade has seen as much action as the sweetspot! Prob says more about my batting prowess than anything else! But I do like to look after my spinning fingers so that some day they can extract turn like Nathan Lyon this morning (did you see THAT delivery? straight to leg slip, from pitching on off from around the wicket to Graeme Swann).
A couple of our batters have had their fingers broken in the nets this season when using some of the "commercial" gloves (albiet not top of the range), hence my polite enquiry. Most of the protection is between the ball and the finger - anyone come across anything to increase the cushioning between fingertip and handle (ie palm-side)? Granted this may make it slightly harder to grip the handle?
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Have played against some pretty sharp bowlers, some of whom are pinging it down from great heights so getting a lot of bounce. I'm a short chap so top part of my blade has seen as much action as the sweetspot! Prob says more about my batting prowess than anything else! But I do like to look after my spinning fingers so that some day they can extract turn like Nathan Lyon this morning (did you see THAT delivery? straight to leg slip, from pitching on off from around the wicket to Graeme Swann).
A couple of our batters have had their fingers broken in the nets this season when using some of the "commercial" gloves (albiet not top of the range), hence my polite enquiry. Most of the protection is between the ball and the finger - anyone come across anything to increase the cushioning between fingertip and handle (ie palm-side)? Granted this may make it slightly harder to grip the handle?
Spend a bit more on top of the range gloves then mate, worth an extra few quid to avoid broken bones in my opinion.
As for the extra cushioning try adding a grip like the old Kook feather ones (minimal difference but they feel more cushioned) or I'm sure I've seen people putting a sponge under the grip (but this might have been to thicken the bottom go the handle).
I might be talking (or should I say typing) a lost of rubbish but it's worth a thought at least.
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Spend a bit more on top of the range gloves then mate, worth an extra few quid to avoid broken bones in my opinion.
As for the extra cushioning try adding a grip like the old Kook feather ones (minimal difference but they feel more cushioned) or I'm sure I've seen people putting a sponge under the grip (but this might have been to thicken the bottom go the handle).
I might be talking (or should I say typing) a lost of rubbish but it's worth a thought at least.
Yeah, my advice to our batters too! But what is everyones opinion as the best gloves out there in terms of protecting against broken fingers?
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Gloves protection has surely improved over the past so many years.
I can remember as a youth watching Alex Stewart bat. He had his gloves, then a half plastic cup with padding in, taped to his bottom hand. Yet was still shaking his hand every time he got hit.
Yet having watched the ashes(unfortunately) I've noticed so many English batsmen being rattled on the gloves by Johnson's 90 plus delivery sand not even grimacing.
Some people will claim these are special players editions, but surely the top range gloves of any manufacturer should offer the same protection(and I doubt you'd be facing Mitch on a sat?)
As for my experience, I net in my b3 gloves. And save my pumas and GMs for matches.
Our opening quickie caught me on the bottom hand bottom two fingers on Sunday. And I felt nothing! (He's been clocked at 81mph)
Yet bizarrely these gloves were given to me for free, as they were a sample, b3 didn't deem good enough!!
So on that basis surely the proper b3 gloves would be(Trent Johnson among others use them for Ireland)
As for alround, I've found sausage fingers tog dive better protection, but non sausage to be more maneuverable from the box.
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Good to know! Prices of some of the leading brands can be up to £100 in the UK, hence my question really - is there much difference in protection afforded between some gloves made by more bespoke companies which cost less than half of top high volume brands? Want to protect my pinkies as much as possible, but don't want to end up paying needlessly for minimal extra protection. Hence I'm interested in what people think are the best protection gloves they have or have used in the past (a cost-effectiveness exercise to some extent, but wanting to maximise on protection as much as possible)
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best bet is to get the top of the range gloves as they are the exact same gloves test players wear.
If i was you i'd go to pro direct and get a pair of last years top of the range at a sale price (and pray they are in stock).
http://www.prodirectcricket.com/Products/Puma-Pulse-5000-RH-Batting-Glove-Right-Hand-Batting-Equipment-WhiteGreenBlue-60746.aspx (http://www.prodirectcricket.com/Products/Puma-Pulse-5000-RH-Batting-Glove-Right-Hand-Batting-Equipment-WhiteGreenBlue-60746.aspx)
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best bet is to get the top of the range gloves as they are the exact same gloves test players wear.
If i was you i'd go to pro direct and get a pair of last years top of the range at a sale price (and pray they are in stock).
[url]http://www.prodirectcricket.com/Products/Puma-Pulse-5000-RH-Batting-Glove-Right-Hand-Batting-Equipment-WhiteGreenBlue-60746.aspx[/url] ([url]http://www.prodirectcricket.com/Products/Puma-Pulse-5000-RH-Batting-Glove-Right-Hand-Batting-Equipment-WhiteGreenBlue-60746.aspx[/url])
Good point. Top of the range from last season is prob better VFM than current season top of the range.
Prodirectcricket always seem to have whatever i want out of stock when I look! Just not quick enough off the mark I guess!
Any suggestions for people's favourite gloves with the best protection they have come across, old or new?
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Good point. Top of the range from last season is prob better VFM than current season top of the range.
Prodirectcricket always seem to have whatever i want out of stock when I look! Just not quick enough off the mark I guess!
Any suggestions for people's favourite gloves with the best protection they have come across, old or new?
Have no complaints with my old Kook K Players but they don't represent great value for money!
To be honest, I've never had issues with the protection in any of the tope end gloves I've used though...
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SS/ Ton Super Test gloves offered me the best protection and excellent value for money, however the current test gloves isn't far off. Get in touch with any of our forum sponsors and they can sort you with quality gloves. I believe that the Uzi sports gloves offer the same protection as the super test gloves do.
http://uzisports.com/senior-cricket-gloves/uzi-senior-cricket-gloves?product_id=433 (http://uzisports.com/senior-cricket-gloves/uzi-senior-cricket-gloves?product_id=433)
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Got hit on the hand in my Newbery sps gloves that are a few years old. They are modern style and I was rapped on the knuckles. At the time I didn't think it had done any damage but 12 hours later I had bruised. Just goes to show really, you can't always tell instantly.
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Got hit on the hand in my Newbery sps gloves that are a few years old. They are modern style and I was rapped on the knuckles. At the time I didn't think it had done any damage but 12 hours later I had bruised. Just goes to show really, you can't always tell instantly.
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I guess here is a lot of luck/circumstances which dictate extent of injury (angle of impact, speed, the "squeeze factor" onto the bat handle, where on the glove the ball hits, etc), hence no guarantees with any glove.
Are many of the high volume big manufacturers all getting their gloves made/supplied form the sub-continent, hence similar protection levels afforded by the sub-continent brands as the ones more established in other countries? The reason I ask is that there appears to be a price difference between these two sets of manufacturers - despite price differences , do they give the same level of protection?
Also a point touched upon earlier - do professional players get "special" extra protection on their gloves not deemed necessary for "mere mortals"?
Also came across a strange cricket glove by Aero which felt rock hard but eemed to do a v good job at protecting the hands (mitt type design again from recollection) - any thoughts or experiences of these gloves?
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Have you tried the kook mitten gloves they give the flex of splits and protection of a sausage great all round if you don't mind the looks ;)
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I have some Vantage Limited Edition gloves.
Look the business BUT got nailed by our overseas on the 27th and didn't feel a thing. I must add, I also wear full inners and I think they are good in protection as they provide a little extra cushioning.
Really great gloves if you are looking for top of the line.
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Have you tried the kook mitten gloves they give the flex of splits and protection of a sausage great all round if you don't mind the looks ;)
I'm sure someone has already suggested kook mittens on this topic ;)
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My h4l take some beating top top protection
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I'm sure someone has already suggested kook mittens on this topic ;)
Meh, their good gloves I only got the bottom end ones to try as they were only £10 in a sale but for the price fantastic protection
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While we're all suggesting different pairs I'm going to be using GM Originals next season, been impressed so far (but needed a bit of wearing in to become more flexible)
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Give these a try, GN XXX from Meulemans.
(http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u638/ABETTS5/image_zpsbb5c0790.jpg) (http://s1325.photobucket.com/user/ABETTS5/media/image_zpsbb5c0790.jpg.html)
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Good mix of comfort and protection. The sausage style padding on the top two fingers on both hands, and the shark-tooth splits on the ring and little fingers. I find they need a few sessions in the nets to break in before I use them in a match, but I have 3 pairs and they are superb!!
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i find Kook gloves to be the most comfortable personally but a mate bought a pair of Puma Karbon 5000 just before xmas and i tried them on and they were super impressive.. Very nice indeed
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i find Kook gloves to be the most comfortable personally but a mate bought a pair of Puma Karbon 5000 just before xmas and i tried them on and they were super impressive.. Very nice indeed
I am a big fan of the Puma kit. Good protection, lightweight and extremely comfortable.
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While we're all suggesting different pairs I'm going to be using GM Originals next season, been impressed so far (but needed a bit of wearing in to become more flexible)
Interesting, I've been looking at these as well. Just out of interest, did you go for the sausage style or the Joe Root segmented ones?
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I think GarettJ makes a good point - also Tim - but you never know until you get nipped by one!
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Interesting, I've been looking at these as well. Just out of interest, did you go for the sausage style or the Joe Root segmented ones?
Got a pair of last seasons segmented ones and another pair of this years segmented ones on the way mate.
Really like them on first impression (and the new pair weren't just to match my bat, honest... :-[ )
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Out of interest, anyone had any experience with the BAS 'Tendulkar' gloves - many subcontinent international players seem to use these with their sponsors branding added? From what I can see (admittedly from photos on the www) they look like they take some beating (pardon the pun) when it comes to taking blows on the hand - extra finger protection also for the top hand ring finger and little pinkie. These international players must think highly of these gloves if they continue to use them despite various other gloves offeredby their sponsors.
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Have a look at the reviews on It's Just Cricket.
Basically the top end of any brand especially Salix, M&H, Newberry will be really good as well as those from H4L, BlankBats, Aldred's etc. So many to choose from it's ridiculous.
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Newbery SPS have always felt very strong when I've used them. I picks up a pair from lorimers on bay for about £40
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For me out of all the softs I own & have owned the best 2 pairs I have at each end of financial spectrum is top end GN Legends and mid range the HitsHard power gloves, both super comfortable and offer great protection. I've been hit whilst wearing both at 75mph+ and as long as hit flush in gloves you hardly feel through either.
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Interesting observation last night watching that woeful but all to common batting display by England.
The Burnley Lara took a couple of blows on the hands yesterday from Mad Mitch. One hit him flush on the top hand at 90+mph trapping his hand against the handle, and he seemed ok. When he asked for the magic spray it was a glancing blow on the thumb of the bottom hand which caused him pain. The commentators thought it was the blow on the tophand he was getting treatment for, but in fact it was his bottom hand thumb.
Just goes to show
a) the glove when hit flush by a 5.5oz missile even at 90+mph can protect the hands well without too much discomfort afterwards
b) even these 'super-douper' gloves did not provide much comfort from a glancing blow - this would be difficult to protect against unless a whole new radical design is thought up (any takers?). However some would say it did a good enough job to prevent a fracture (unless another xray pops up on a twitter account somewhere....)
I guess what I'm saying is that these top of the range gloves can withstand what they can be reliably tested against - ie a flush hit at 90+mph, but simulating accurately and reproducibly a glancing blow is nigh on impossible, so they do the job they are tested for.