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[justnotcricket86]

Thought I would stick a thread up relating to Spartan coming to the UK, which they no doubt will given they are sponsoring Prior - thought any retailers on here such as Paul and Jake could post updates to let us know if they hear anything on the grapevine as to who may be taking an order etc.

Prior stuck his kit up on Twitter last night - what do we think?

https://twitter.com/MattPrior13/status/309212218610831361/photo/1

Would we buy it and what prices do we expect to be looking at?

[Alvaro]

I wouldn't say they were custom... A real off the shelf brand and probably top dollar.
Stickers look cheap imo. Pads are a bit meh too.

[justnotcricket86]

Actually yeah - put this in the wrong group, if Admin want to move to Off The Shelf then cool.

Not a huge fan of the gloves, pads and keeping pads are decent enough I think, not too sure about the keeping gloves though...

[Manormanic]

yeah, I think they're hoping to trade on the names of the professionals who they pay to use their gear rather than on the quality of the gear itself.

[ajmw89]

I said it on another thread, but I'll say it again, those batting gloves are gopping

[jamielsn15]

Not a huge fan of the designs, but I do like that they have a little twist for each player - the St George's cross looks good...

Like the pads and the wk gloves - the batting gloves are shocking!

[PedalsMcgrew]

Amazing how Spartan can produce such a similar bat to the previous ones he was using.....It's almost like he's just stickered up his old bats isn't it? 

[justnotcricket86]

Amazing how Spartan can produce such a similar bat to the previous ones he was using.....It's almost like he's just stickered up his old bats isn't it? 

I think the handle sort of gives that away mate - with the lead tape

And they look very .... Slaz

[PedalsMcgrew]

Whilst I have no direct knowledge I would be amazed if any Sussex player had his bats manufactured anywhere other than a certain batmaker just round the corner from them..... I doubt Prior has ever used a true Slaz bat!

[Vitas Cricket]

There are a lot of distributors who sell other brands for retail in the UK who are always 'on the cusp' of agreeing the spartan deal whenever you speak to them.

Its too late for Spartan to launch in the UK for this season in my opinion. Based on their prices in Australia, i doubt we will be stocking much of it next year either. Too many ranges and silly money.

[Tom]

Spartan have already met with the big retailers, such as Owzat.  Don't know dates around a launch though.

[123*]

Love the MC Spartan gear, was looking at getting some imported but shipping was crippling!

[toenails97]

I love the colour of them keeping gloves!

[Kieron_BT]

On a smaller note, looks as though he's also gone with Masuri after no longer using Slazanger helmets

[jonnyg]

Pretty sure the slazenger and masuri helmet are the same. Have to say i'm not that impressed with the spartan gear. It's ok but doesn't really offer anything differnet IMO.