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[Cover_Drive]

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?

[wilkie113]

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.

[19reading87]

I associate Kookaburra with classy Aussie players

[joeylough]

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

[wilkie113]

Great shout Joey!!

[Buzz]

Freddie's broken woodworm at Lords against the saffas

[Liam-SCCC]

Adidas, the premier league of cricketers. The big names worth a lot of money, ST, SB, KP, SR

[Cover_Drive]

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

[Buzz]

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!

[Wide Chaser]

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.?

[tim2000s]

And yet, in parallel, Graeme Swann with GM, Bres and Jimmy with Slazengers and other eminently less well skilled batsmen with others...

[Alvaro]

Michael Bevan and Puma/Millichamp - individual and classy (in one-day format...)

[Mortimer]

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.

[trypewriter]

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?

[Simmy]

slaz - alec stewert