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[no1red]

Yeah I used to have all of Pontings kit not just the graphite-backed Kahuna!

[kal_m]

I bought a couple of MRF Genius XLE's coz' Tendulkar had those stickers 

[tushar sehgal]

Never, but I did buy bats based on what I saw people (Good players and the ones who would have time to chat/teach and seemed like the life of the team) using in leagues my dad used to play in. Hence my love for GN, Kooka and SG, at least in my younger years.

[fasteddie]

Never.

I often look through my old Wisden's from the 80's and marvel at my hero, Gower, wafting his GN's. However, I could never afford those as a kid.
It was Warsop for me. About the only thing I could afford.

[El Nino]

Definitely as a kid.

Mark Waughs Slaz v800

[Gingerbusiness]

Original Bubble - because the stickers were cool!

Never because of who used it.

Did always want an Alec Stewart V500

[jwebber86]

i bought all the woodworm kit when i was younger except for the bat. it wasnt because freddie or kp were using as such but i really like the style and colour of the kit, so obviously their exposure helped

[Bats_Entertainment]

I was under the impression that the bat manufacturer sponsored the player...

[Gingerbusiness]

I was under the impression that the bat manufacturer sponsored the player...

This is probably the biggest myth in cricket.

Along with the fallacy that all 'manufacturers' manufacture their own bats...

[Bats_Entertainment]

I perhaps didn't mean literally the bat manufacturer. The brand?

[i12breakfree]

Any brand that releases tendulkar shape/named bat - it becomes part of my wish list
Being a member of CBF we have access to better options and that is why it's only my wish list

[Gingerbusiness]

Yes. Players will be sponsored by the brand.

Where they get the bats from is not really important to the likes of GM, GN etc as it is the stickers which people associate with the bat.

Laver and Wood, Millichamp, Newbery, Salix etc will all be making for international players, but the finances involved in sponsoring a pro player is not in their business models for various reasons.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Laver and Wood, Millichamp, Newbery, Salix etc will all be making for international players, but the finances involved in sponsoring a pro player is not in their business models for various reasons.

Newbery will be? Newbery is itself a 'brand', rather than a true manufacturer.

[evans1234]

i did once buy a Gray-Nicoll's Nitro carbo just because Alistair Cook had one at the time.... i did pretty well with it as well

[mp07]

Yes, Reebok...wayyy back in days.  But never again...