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[Simmy]

WoW what a surprise, anyone want to play spot the GN?

as i took this photograph i can assure you that there are no GN's in this photo

[langer17]

Quite fitting that he will use the kahuna range, no Aussie has used it since the departure of the great Ricky Ponting

Phillip Hughes used it

[Biggie Smalls]

I think they are the most square toed bats ive seen Khawaja use .
If i were him I'd be missing my g.n's already .

[chrisbd]

This explains why there's no Khawaja on the new GN 2017 catalogue!

[WalkingWicket37]

No chance.

I assume he'll continue using stupidly large bats, but if you buy an off the shelf "Khawaga Kahuna" it will be nothing like the same shape then?

[chrisbd]

Or are Kooks going to produce a Khawaja players edition - and charge mad money for it, like the GM players editions or GN warner shapes?

Surely kooks are one of the few big brands not to have done that in recent history?

[Vitas Cricket]

Kookaburra won't be capable of producing a bat of the sort of size he's been using from GN. GN are reasonably unique in processing their own willow, so are not limited in cleft size from willow merchants.

There might well be a Khawaja edition (although he's hardly a worldwide megastar) but I would be surprised if it came in a huge profile 

[chrisbd]

Or it'll be similar to the Kaboom in the UK. Completely different shape to the actual Warner Kaboom, but can charge a good amount for them. From business sense it would make a good deal of sense for Kooks. Who else are their big international stars? Buttler, Maxwell? AB is going to MRF soon reportedly so I'd be surprised if they don't make Khawaja the poster boy

[smilley792]

We know superstars all over the world have got hold of the big Grays.

Ghambir
Sangakarra
Ab de villiers(who is with kook)
Etc etc

But rumours be most have got them from grays sponsored players while sharing a dressing room at t20 tournaments.

Hell even khawaja first used one of Warners before he got stickers to go on it that re labelled it an oblivion(e41, or whatever it's called)


Be intriguing now to see if he can still get hold of them having now ditched grays for abit more money? Do you reckon Stewart kranzbular has been on the phone to davey Warner already saying "don't let him get his hands on any more do your bats!!"

[Vitas Cricket]

AB is going to MRF soon reportedly

November 1st

[chrisbd]

Wasn't sure how much I could reveal - hence the reportedly

[Vitas Cricket]

Its been a poorly kept secret for a while, i'm sure i read an article about it that was posted on the forum a while back. Something like that never stays under wraps in India lol.

[chrisbd]

Tbf that explains the Khawaja move. Not a bad gamble if he does a Steve Smith and gets into some great form for a couple of years and suddenly sells them a load of bats. Plus aussies love kooks so he'll sell a lot for them there

[Vitas Cricket]

Tbf that explains the Khawaja move. Not a bad gamble if he does a Steve Smith and gets into some great form for a couple of years and suddenly sells them a load of bats. Plus aussies love kooks so he'll sell a lot for them there

For major brands it has to be about getting their crucial moves in well in time for the Ashes in my opinion.

[chrisbd]

Aus host the south Africans and Pakistanis this winter, as well as kiwis for some odis, so makes sense to get the change in before then. SA and NZ big markets for kooks