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Equipment => Your Kit => Topic started by: WalkingWicket37 on September 22, 2014, 10:58:42 AM
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Hi all
Following on from a comment Neon made about people away from the forum not caring about matching kit, I wondered how many of us really care that much?
I never used to be bothered, but once I started buying my own kit I've been a bit of a tart in it must match!
When I had 2 different brands of bat in my bag, I'd use brandless pads and use gloves to match the bat. I now have 2 sets of kit where the brands (of items that will be on show) fully match!
So please answer the poll and comment away people :)
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I like my kit to match. But not necessarily in a normal way. Haha.
last year I went orange mad. Gloves and pads. Had a hint off orange bat grips were all orange and my nb shoes were orange. My helmet was blue, and my bats were whatever stickers I had on them, blue helmet.
Bats were b3 and gray nics softs with nb shoes. Ayrtek helmet.
Next year I've order gm 808 le gear. And it's yellow. So have got a yellow masuri and some yellow grips and sticker from b3 to match(b3 stickers only on b3 bats).
As I like the nb shoes km jot sure I'm gonna get them to match as they don't do yellow. And not keen on going elsewhere for shoes.
As you can tell, even if it's not by brand. I like to have some cohesion in the colour format.
My back up gear are gn prestige. All white so will match anything. Hopefully.
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I'd love all my kit to match, but I'm too much of a tight (No Swearing Please) to actually spend decent money on making sure it all matches.
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I know you like your kit to be matching colours mate, although I did think getting a yellow lid to go with the rest of your kit was going above and beyond with levels of dedication to the cause! :)
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I'd love all my kit to match, but I'm too much of a tight (No Swearing Please) to actually spend decent money on making sure it all matches.
Full Slaz gear from Sports Direct?? ;)
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I know you like your kit to be matching colours mate, although I did think getting a yellow lid to go with the rest of your kit was going above and beyond with levels of dedication to the cause! :)
Haha. More for comedy value. I have a black masuri that will see most action. But will where the yellow against the lively opposition to get some bites!!
Contemplated having the ayrtek paintend orange last year......
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Thing is - I bought pads and gloves as a bundle and got some cash off.
Went back to my Kook R900 gloves though - sometimes worn in is better, as long as not worn out :)
So, my match kit last year was:
Masuri or club cap - navy
Kook R900 gloves, so blue and orange
GM Original pads - torquoise
Laver Private Bin - Red stickers
Adidas 22 Yds Lite - gold.
Not a matcher then :D
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Full Slaz gear from Sports Direct?? ;)
I've noticed that the amount of Slazenger on display is a good indicator of the standard of cricket you are playing.
Shame, it used to be my favourite brand.
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I've noticed that the amount of Slazenger on display is a good indicator of the standard of cricket you are playing.
Shame, it used to be my favourite brand.
Funny you should say that, I cannot recall playing with or against anyone using Slazenger in the league last year.
Fair bit on show against Sunday only sides though... :-[
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This is my big thing year after year. I used to match the colour of my kit, usually blue, without worrying too much about brands, e.g.
2011 - Kook Ice bat, Bradbury pads, Kook Ice gloves
2012 - Woodstock bat (sky blue stickers), Woodstock pads (plain white), Kook Ice gloves
2013 - B3 bat (blue stickers) Kook Ice subzero pads (2nd hand off ebay - £20), Kook Ice gloves, Ayrtek
This year the problems started! I moved to having to have the same softs, but couldn't find a match that suited me. So after buying (and selling); Bubble pads (good pads, but couldn't get on with the gloves), Bubble gloves (HDF + didn't fit well), Pro issue recoil gloves (too loud) and GM top end gloves this year (not a great fit), I ended up in 2014 with; B3 bat (sky blue stickers), Ice pads and gloves as before! The saving grace was that I'm getting real value for the £20 ebay pads, but they and the gloves are starting to get very worn.
2015 seems to be following the same issues - will repeat the sky blue B3 stickers post-refurb (Coventry City fan, sorry!), but looking for matching gloves and pads set. So far I've discounted the entire 2015 Kook softs range.
I need to have sausage gloves, so the frontrunners at the mo are; B&S, Gray Nics Prestige range and Gray Nics Omega range. Look forward to seeing the Puma and B3 softs and possibly even the M&H ones (won't buy the CK22 range due to the gloves). Thing is, if I go for GN, I'll need to get the bag and duffle to match! I justify this by telling myself that all cricketers, by the very nature of the sport, have to be a little OCD...
My head hurts a little...
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I've never really cared about matching kit. I've had it on and off through the past 25 years, but the "most matching" I have was this year, when I went for matching gloves and pads with an HC bat. Love the gloves and pads but haven't used them with the bat yet. Ooops.
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Funny you should say that, I cannot recall playing with or against anyone using Slazenger in the league last year.
You must be quite good!
If a Slazenger ball's being used, go home!
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My kit is kind of all over the shop,
Bat is a H4L NV green and silver and a BB with black decals
Gloves Gray nic's x181 purple and now A61 gloves which are red
Pads started with Kook recoil 900's Orange and now the Impulse 950's which are turquoise I'd say
Helmet Ayrtek carbon blue
So a bit of a rainbow going on I reckon
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Using a blank bat (a bat without stickers, not the brand) gives you a bit more scope?
I'd wear all unbranded kit if I could. I don't like logos on my everyday clothes, either.
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All my kits has to match down to bats and softs into keeping gear then bag and whites always from the same brand.
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All my kit matches inc softs shoes helmet bag and bat. I think it is more common now to see players with matching kit and not just sponsored players in fact one of the opposition who I hadn't played against for 20 seasons until 2014 said he remembered me because of my matching GN kit.
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Ever since under 15s cricket I have removed the stickers from my bats and played with a blank piece of wood.
Gloves and pads the best ones that were in the biggest sale.
For 2 years I was sponsored so had to use matching kit.
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Does that include your own brand John, or do you leave/put stickers on them?
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My Gloves, Pads, whites and helmet kind of match. I do have a matching pair of shoes by SG like rest of my kit but I just go with another pair which has rubber spikes.
Three of my bats have blue, white and black grips which i consider to be neutral colors and go with most kits.
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I think generally the older you get the less you care. One guy in our club once out to bat with two different pads and two different gloves!
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I think generally the older you get the less you care. One guy in our club once out to bat with two different pads and two different gloves!
I bet sledgers were all over that like flies to a pile of excrement!
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I don't think he lasted long enough for any sledging to occur.
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I don't think he lasted long enough for any sledging to occur.
Perhaps there is a direct correlation between playing ability and matching kit, or at least perceived playing ability :)
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I don't really care too much about matching kit, as long as the mis-match isn't too bad.
Not so much these days but I found players got more stick for matching kit (if they weren't contracted players) than wearing allsorts because they were trying to look like sponsored players.
These days I've got Bulldog Spirit Pads and Gloves so they match but previous to that Newbery pads and Gunn & Moore gloves. My bat is whatever I have at the time, and apart from my asics I have no preference with thigh guards, helmets, whites etc.
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Perhaps there is a direct correlation between playing ability and matching kit, or at least perceived playing ability :)
"All the gear, no idea" very much the case in my situation :o
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Perhaps there is a direct correlation between playing ability and matching kit, or at least perceived playing ability :)
If this is true I best not start using mismatched kit then!
"All the gear, no idea" very much the case in my situation :o
Join the club mate :(
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Does that include your own brand John, or do you leave/put stickers on them?
I've only played about 10 times in the last two years and used a bat with my stickers in all but 2 or 3 times. I am losing my love for playing cricket, not the first time and think I'll probably retire from playing or just turn out on the odd Sunday.
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for a few seasons i had matching woodworm kit softs, clothes, bag, shoe, thigh pad, whites, hat except for the bat which was a big kahuna.
i have since always wanted to get matching kit but tend to buy my stuff in the sale so dont usually end up matching. i did almost order the gloves to match my new pads but i already have a lovely pair of salix to decided against it
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I do have all matching GN kit, all Legend softs (batting and keeping) But that started before I found this forum so my bats may not match soon. I still think the GN legend equipment is the best available in Aus so I'll stick with that.
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My only matching kit is my white pads and gloves! So I don't really care about matching kit
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I like to have matching kit if possible, but you're always open to the "All the gear, no idea sledge"
I've noticed lots of players in our club buy new bats & as they acquire new kit they buy it to match their bat brand.
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I like all my kit to match, but tbh when in batting in the middle i could be wearing anything, I'm just thinking about the ball.
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Hi all
Following on from a comment Neon made about people away from the forum not caring about matching kit, I wondered how many of us really care that much?
I never used to be bothered, but once I started buying my own kit I've been a bit of a tart in it must match!
When I had 2 different brands of bat in my bag, I'd use brandless pads and use gloves to match the bat. I now have 2 sets of kit where the brands (of items that will be on show) fully match!
So please answer the poll and comment away people :)
Mate, I've been through a few phases.
Growing up, I was a massive Matthew Hayden fan so all my kit (including my spikes) were GN in brand.
Then I had to fund my own cricket gear, and it was really about value for money, so all my stuff was miss matched.
Now, I have to have my external softs (pads and gloves) matching, but they don't have to match my bats. Again, still looking for value for money, so my softs aren't one of the big brands. Just as good quality, but without the price tag.
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My only matching kit is my white pads and gloves! So I don't really care about matching kit
On-line stockist?
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I like all my kit to match, but tbh when in batting in the middle i could be wearing anything, I'm just thinking about the ball.
If you are not comfortable in what you are wearing, might it stop you doing this?
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If you are not comfortable in what you are wearing, might it stop you doing this?
Comfortable yes,the kit has to fit, but matching no. I do have matching kit (kookaburra) and it seems important to me up to the point I'm actually playing. Looking back, once I'm batting it doesn't cross my mind.
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Comfortable yes,the kit has to fit, but matching no. I do have matching kit (kookaburra) and it seems important to me up to the point I'm actually playing. Looking back, once I'm batting it doesn't cross my mind.
I do know what you mean.
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On-line stockist?
No. What I meant was that the colour of them was white, and that was the only thing matching!
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Like my softs to match, bat can be different but only if its from an 'small' company
Eg I have GN pads and gloves and an RK stickered bat. If I was to go for an off the shelf bat, say a GM then I would have to get the matching softs!
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I like my kit to be all one brand to an extent...
Bat, Gloves and Pads have to match in terms of brand, for me it's Gray Nics...
Doesn't matter what range from Gray Nics just as long as it GN and I like it.
Shoes are just what I see are the best pair for the price and what I need them to do so not Gray Nics as their shoes don't look good and aren't suited to bowling? Currently use Asics and Adidas
Helmet will always be a Masuri, current use the old style elite
Thigh pad will be my p2 stripper.
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Matching kit > unmatching kit.
Simple :D
There are a few allowwances, if the main brand doesn't do (for example shoes) OR there is an outstanding example of a specific item (Thighpads - Remfry/Strippers/Stretton) then a slight deviation is allowed, though really, shirley it's a standard we should all be aiming for?
What if there was someone to turn up on Sunday and question the level of cricket I play at?!
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What if there was someone to turn up on Sunday and question the level of cricket I play at?!
I must say as someone who has played in both the lowest and highest league I can for my club (and in my progression all of the sides in between) you do get less matching kit (and more Slazenger on display!) in the lower leagues.
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When you are poo - matching kit is a bit of a no-no really.
Turning out to dirty slog a few at number 8 in the Chertsey 4XI with matching GM gloves, pads and bat just invites ridicule (and that is before they have seen the technique).
Mind you, still like gloves and pads to match in an OCD style!
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I intentionally do not want my kit to match. I want the best value for money and that often means shopping around.
And if I saw a batsman with everything matching I would think, either sponsored (S**T field back) or all the gear no idea.
I get that you would like one brand more than another etc but I would go for protection/value over do the eyebrows match the curtains.
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In my mind, all matching kit from a small company is brilliant! You are helping promote that company in a positive way, the kit is normally very simple and stylish and won't be drawn attention to.
If however you are not sponsored by one of the "big brands" and come out with it all matching you look a tit! Especially if you are sh!te
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Priorities for me
In my not so important opinion,
1. Kit must be 100% comfortable, no chafing, no squeaking, no distractions. Should be just you and the next ball. Fit is paramount, to the extent I wear 2 different brands of shoe for each foot (more on this later)
2. Must be in good working order - i dont want to worry about something failing. Playing with a split toe in a bat would distract me, same as a tatty grip.
3. I like my kit clean. From a psychological point of view I want to strike a balance of physical and mental comfort/ confidence. You want be confident, look confident, project it, and try to own the wicket. Matching kit is less important to me than the way I wear it. Scruffy kit works for some people, Jack Russell comes to mind, but not for me.
4. Matching kit comes last, but that's not to say I want it to clash, so prefer to keep colour schemes simple, black and white mostly. Minimal branding.
5. Finally I don't really want to attract sledging tho sometimes those guys seem more interested in talking trash than playing the game so as long as i feel confident i dont care what they say, it usually makes me think their heads are not in the game, so I perceive having the upper hand. That being said, I don't want anyone to notice my different shoes so have gone for 2 brands that use similar colours and styles. My problem is a broken toe, so I don't want them to realise my weakness. Still I feel more confident knowing my left big toe is protected.
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i always liked to have matching kit...
but since ryan doesnt have any softs i cant have all matching.
i try to match my pads and gloves but last two seasons thats gone out of window lol
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If however you are not sponsored by one of the "big brands" and come out with it all matching you look a tit! Especially if you are sh!te
Pha, next you're going to tell me that my fully matching GM gear with an AdiTek Raw lid aren't required for my 3 ball appearances at the end of a Sunday friendly facing a part time offie! :-[
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Not so much that my kit has to be matching brand, but if it is then it helps. My kit is generally quite plain, no loud colours or over the top logos, all simple designs and fairly plain. Brightest kit is either my green NB boots, nothing scary though, or GM red and white keeping gloves, or kook super greens and this year 'players' keeping pads. Even my bags are plain and simple, Albion Duffle (all black) and after this weekend a B3 duffle. God I'm boring. Match bat was stripped of original stickers and replaced with minimilistic Ayrtek silver stickers
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1. Kit must be 100% comfortable, no chafing, no squeaking, no distractions. Should be just you and the next ball. Fit is paramount, to the extent I wear 2 different brands of shoe for each foot (more on this later)
Why not just use one brand of shoe (The more protective one if it makes you feel more comfortable) and reduce the chance of men in white coats turning up?
There's comfort, then there's downright weird, and I'm sorry to say (to my mind anyway) this falls into the latter category.
On a side note I will now be looking for people wearing odd shoes and will sledge them relentlessly if I spot it! :D
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Not matched as yet!
Mainly due to being a tight asse......
My intention in 2015 is to match totally! Hope to find a good full deal post christmas!
Cant imagine many of you matching as most of you own 4+ bats!!
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personally I think it is imperative to have matching Nike white and shoes, plus top of the range matching GM softs and then whatever bat you find in your bag...
if it is a players edition GM, then so much the better!
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Why not just use one brand of shoe (The more protective one if it makes you feel more comfortable) and reduce the chance of men in white coats turning up?
There's comfort, then there's downright weird, and I'm sorry to say (to my mind anyway) this falls into the latter category.
On a side note I will now be looking for people wearing odd shoes and will sledge them relentlessly if I spot it! :D
My feet ARE weird, multiple surgeries will do that. I've had opposition come up and look at my bat in the past, but never scrutinise my feet, and yet i have adopted the strategy at various times during periods of injury. I don't want to wear a heavier boot on both feet if I don't need to. There isn't much in it, but I love my Asics (less protected) and of course i'd prefer to not have to wear different shoes if my feet would allow. I think you may find the asymmetrical shoe situation more common than you realise. I read elsewhere on here that people have done it with gloves as well. Aero did the whole asymmetrical batting pad thing, not that that worked too great for them. In some situations you just have to prioritise, and I find physical discomfort harder to bear and more distracting than the banal jabbering of a nearby fielder, though ideally i would not want to have to put with either… hence my comment on picking kit with little branding and simple colour palettes, usually predominantly black and white. Still, you should definitely start looking.
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Whilst you're looking at other player's footwear, another quick observation, 'sorry to say' they don't wear white coats anymore and you just missed world mental health day scarcely 3 days ago. Way to go WalkingWicket37! LOL :D
World Mental Health Day - I suffer 365 days a year bud so didn't miss it really...
And the white coat thing is an expression, I didn't mean it literally! ;)
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This seems to have got a bit too serious now!
eukaryote76 - if you want to continue this discussion feel free to PM me.
And back to the topic about matching kit!! :D
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I personally don't like matching gear, played a guy this season who was all in Slazenger, the whole kerbundle.
the stumps at there home ground were also Slazenger.... cue a lot of stick when he nicked off for nought.
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Pads and gloves - match if possible.
Bat, boots, lid etc can be different.
Thigh pads shouldn't matter because no one can see them.
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I personally don't like matching gear, played a guy this season who was all in Slazenger, the whole kerbundle.
the stumps at there home ground were also Slazenger.... cue a lot of stick when he nicked off for nought.
Was it decent Slaz gear? Or sports direct clearance stuff?
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Was it decent Slaz gear? Or sports direct clearance stuff?
Lol i had all Slazenger gear last year, first year back in about 20 years it's what i used as a kid. It wasn't till i came on here that i that i seen how bad a rep it had.
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Lol i had all Slazenger gear last year, first year back in about 20 years it's what i used as a kid. It wasn't till i came on here that i that i seen how bad a rep it had.
I think it's only got a really bad rep on here. In my experience it's only been me on my team that has mentioned sports direct equipment lol. No one else seemed bothered.
At the end of the day not everyone has the disposable income to be able to afford the top of the range gear, not the will/desire to spend that amount of money.
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to be fair it was decent Slaz gear, bat looked a belter, he just didn't have much chance to use it.
It was the slaz sweatband that got a real caning.
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oh and don't knock sports direct gear !!
I got an elite masuri for 23 pounds :)
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To be fair mine is semi decent, Ultimate pads and gloves and an V500 elite goes as well as my B&S LE. But did by super cheap SD crap for winter nets just so i could bat as i didn't know if i was going to get picked. Got all my first kit and had change from £50 so it did serve a purpose.
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I think you can pick up some serious kit at a good price point from SD, so maybe for all the matching kit Fans out there this is the place for you.
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2012 saw me using GM equipment across the board, Original pads and gloves and a GM Duallist bat. 2013 saw me using Kookaburra Kahuna kit across the board K1000 and players gloves with K1000 pads and a players bat. 2014 saw me using GN kit, Legend pads, E41/Kaboom gloves and a lovely E41 bat! Who knows what next years holds, I'm tempted by B&S if GN don't sort their softer than soft easily worn out glove palms!!
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How come GN don't have any pittard palm gloves?
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Matching? None matching? :D
frankly my dear i don't give a damn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLnTWxpTQt4#)
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How come GN don't have any pittard palm gloves?
If this helps both 2015 GN Legend test and F18 test gloves have Pittards premium leather palms.
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If this helps both 2015 GN Legend test and F18 test gloves have Pittards premium leather palms.
After having the last years Aus Legend gloves and loving them, I ordered the new ones when I seen they had Pittards (too see what the fuss was about). frankly I like the feel of the previous model. ???
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Depends on the individual I guess. For some strange reason it's something about having matching kit to an extent makes you look smart and tidy. Gloves and pads have to be matching, can get away with the bat. Like to have my playing whites the same brand as whatever our club shirt make is as we don't do club trousers.
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I'm really not too picky. The big thing for me is value for money and quality. Up until 2013, i wasn't too phased, but i replaced all my kit at once for the first time every due to a business trip to india. Since then, I've really wanted my gloves and pads to match, but my bats have been different.
I've gone towards a brand that has pretty traditional colouring with mostly white, so the softs go with most bats.
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Nothing matches.
I use a different bat for different situations (net, middle practice, match). It would be impossible to match my bat with other gear. My priorities are comfort, fit , and efficiency.
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I quite like matching my gloves and Bat (but its not essential). Apart from that its all about value for money. (that doesn't mean cheap).
It can look really smart if someone has matched their gear, and of course if they can actually play then it looks good. Off stump out of the ground first ball generally results in some choice "all the gear..." comments from the field!
Having said that a blank bat arriving at the crease usually results in some sort of comment... hold on a minute, thinking about it just about anyone arriving at the crease received some form of "in the spirit of the game" commentary
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I quite like matching my gloves and Bat (but its not essential). Apart from that its all about value for money. (that doesn't mean cheap).
It can look really smart if someone has matched their gear, and of course if they can actually play then it looks good. Off stump out of the ground first ball generally results in some choice "all the gear..." comments from the field!
Having said that a blank bat arriving at the crease usually results in some sort of comment... hold on a minute, thinking about it just about anyone arriving at the crease received some form of "in the spirit of the game" commentary
Agreed, reminds me off the time we played a league t20 cup game. And everyone used my mongoose mmi3.
The ones that failed got "it's cos you used that stupid bat, no good in a proper game mate"
Yet the two that scored 50 at 200plus sr got "it's all that bat mate, you'd have got 0 with a proper bat"
All from the same fielder! Little gobby ginger kid.
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I am neither rich enough nor player enough to warrant a matching kit ;)
I try to buy the best possible in my budget and spend hours online to find the best price for the product I am looking for.
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For Sundays I'm sporting all yellow kit...............I will look a complete prat..........But that's my sense of humour.
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For Sundays I'm sporting all yellow kit...............I will look a complete prat..........But that's my sense of humour.
I can see some rubber duck based banter if you go for zero. Something tells me you quite like all that though.
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For Sundays I'm sporting all yellow kit...............I will look a complete prat..........But that's my sense of humour.
My club are thinking about entering a T20 league for Sunday's this year, details to be confirmed.
If we play in colours (and I'm selected!) I'm spraying a pair of pads yellow and getting a bright yellow lid! I'll also be using an mmi3 when I bat lol! :D
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I don't usually last long so they will have to get the sledging in quick
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I'm just a kit whore but I do actually base my bat choice on if I like the softs also.
I have full Salix, Gray Nicolls, SS/TON, Warsop & Red Ink all with matching kit bags and keeping gear also.
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No matching gear for me :)
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Soulman that is taking the p**s
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I like a bit of matching kit, goes with my OCD. If the softs aren't up to standard I prob won't buy the bat, but I look for the bat first. I've got all kook kit, but a CK22 duffle bought last year, which TBH is bothering me. I know I'm going to end up with a kook duffle before the season starts :)
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I'm just a kit whore but I do actually base my bat choice on if I like the softs also.
I have full Salix, Gray Nicolls, SS/TON, Warsop & Red Ink all with matching kit bags and keeping gear also.
Some people have no class about these things ;)
I prefer to think of myself as a promiscuous kit hoarder haha
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Some people have no class about these things ;)
I prefer to think of myself as a promiscuous kit hoarder haha
Sorry what I lack in class I make up for in copious amounts of quality willow :D
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The Helmet you see matches the pads