Cricket Kit Manufacturers: With an estimated total of 2.5 billion ardent followers around the world, cricket is anticipated to be one of the most popular sports in the world. Unlike many other sports, cricket manages to draw attention from the spectators irrespective of their nationality, background or age group. Led by highly competitive teams and iconic players, including Virat Kohli, Joe Root, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Kumar Sangakkara and many more, the game of cricket grabs a record-breaking viewership with each tournament. Although these teams and players steal the limelight whenever we talk about the glorious historical past of cricket, a tale of leading cricket manufacturers producing world-class cricketing equipment remains unheard of.
Let’s have a look at the top ten cricket kit manufacturers in the world
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Gunn & Moore
Established by the legendary batsman of the England team, William Gunn, and a local businessman, Thomas James Moore, Gunn & Moore is a leading cricket kit manufacturing brand at a global level that manufactures and supplies cricketing equipment to various teams on the international stage. Currently headquartered in Colwick, Nottinghamshire, England, Gunn & Moore manufactures a variety of cricket equipment including the cricket bat, ball, hand gloves, thigh pads, stumps, protective gear and cricket apparel including team t-shirts, trousers and jerseys. Many international cricketers, including Ross Taylor, Anil Kumble and Ben Stokes have been onboarded with Gunn & Moore as their brand ambassadors.
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Gray Nicolls
Gray Nicolls is a subsidiary brand of Grays International and was founded in 1855. With over 160 years of on-field experience, Gray Nicolls is considered to be one of the finest branded manufacturers of cricketing equipment in the world. With a wide range of cricket bats, including Shockwave, Tempesta, Nova, Astro, Cobra, Powerspot and Gem, Gray Nicolls excels at producing world-class bats with cutting-edge technology and power-hitting prowess. Although it produces an array of high-quality bats, Gray Nicolls is best known for its “scoop” bat. Many legendary cricketers, including Arron Finch, Ben Cutting and Babar Azam have been spotted using Gray Nicolls bats for playing their match-winning innings.
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Sareen Sports Industries (SS)
With an intensely rich experience of over fifty years, the Indian cricket equipment brand Sareen Sports Industries, also known by its abbreviation ‘SS’, was originally established in 1969. With a timeline spanning over decades, Sareen Sports Industries is recognized worldwide for manufacturing a diverse array of cricketing equipment, including bats, balls, hand gloves, helmets and other protective gear for cricketers. Numerous Indian as well as international cricketers, including Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Shai Hope, Quinton de Kock and Jonny Bairstow have been signed as the brand ambassadors of Sareen Sports Industries (SS).
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Madras Rubber Factory (MRF)
Originally established by K.M. Mammen Mappillai in 1946, Madras Rubber Factory (MRF) is a subsidiary brand of the legendary Madras Sports Goods. Although MRF is majorly recognized for manufacturing their precisely crafted willow bats manufactured in Meerut and Ludhiana, which have often been used by iconic cricketers including AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar, it offers a wide range of bats with curved edges as well.
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Kookaburra Sport
Kookaburra Sport is often hailed as one of the leading and highly trusted Australian cricket kit manufacturers to offer cricketing equipment and cricketing apparel. Named after the Australian bird, the Kookaburra, the Kookaburra sport was established by Alfred Grace Thompson in 1890. In addition to manufacturing the finest cricket kits, the brand also manufactures kits for other highly competitive sports, including hockey and golf. Over the past few decades, prominent cricketers like Glenn Maxwell, Tim Paine and Brett Lee have been onboard with Kookaburra Sport as their leading brand ambassadors.
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Delux Sports Company (DSC)
Popularly referred to as an abbreviation “DSC”, Delux Sports Company was established with a vision of creating superior quality cricket kits at affordable rates. The Indian brand, DSC, captures a giant share of the global cricket equipment market by manufacturing top-notch cricket equipment utilizing the finest raw materials and cutting-edge technologies. In addition to capturing a majority of the Indian market, the DSC has also established itself as one of the leading exporters of cricket equipment at a global level.
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DKP Cricket
Established in 2014, DKP is a relatively fresh brand. However, regardless of being a newbie, DKP continues to exercise its influence on the global stage. DKP Cricket has continued to dominate the wide array of cricket equipment market by manufacturing highly customized and precisely crafted cricket bats and other cricketing equipment. DKP is often praised by players and cricket aficionados for utilizing high-quality clefts and superior-quality cane generally imported from Malaysia to craft their world-class cricket bats.
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Sanspareils Greenlands
Sanspareils Greenlands, popularly recognized by its abbreviated name “SG”, is one of the most dependable and trustworthy Indian cricket equipment brands. Sanspareils Greenlands was founded in 1950 during the partition period by Dwarkanath Anand and Kedarnath Anand. While Sanspareils Greenlands are often hailed for their top-notch bats, the brand also excels in manufacturing hand-stitched red balls, classic willow bats and protective gear for on-field action. A few legendary veteran cricketers, including prominent names like Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar, have been featured as the brand’s leading brand ambassadors.
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Puma
Although the brand Puma was originally established as a textile and footwear brand in 1948, it later expanded its operations and started manufacturing a wide variety of cricket equipment including bats, balls, stumps, hand gloves, thigh pads, helmets and protective gear. Although initially Puma, was trusted due to its modern and urban edge, with all its products, several prominent cricketers, including Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer, trusted the brand with their claims of providing top-notch cricketing equipment and utilized Puma’s bats for smashing their match-winning innings in several crucial tournaments.
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Millichamp & Hall
Founded in 1987 by Julian Millichamp and Jonathan Hill, Millichamp & Hall carries one of the richest brand legacies when it comes to manufacturing cricketing equipment. The Ashes tour of 1989 majorly highlighted the brand’s prominence as, by the end of the tour, a majority of cricketers on-field were seen smashing runs with power-hitting bats crafted by M&H, speaking volumes about the brand’s dependability during crucial cricket tournaments. Apart from the decades of experience and the finest raw materials, M&H’s provision of customized bats where gives a freehand to them cricketers to choose their ideal grade of willow, bat shape and decals to enhance their batting prowess against the opponent on the field which sets them a class apart. Millichamp & Hall has successfully onboarded legendary cricketers like Jordan Thompson, James Bracey and Charlie Dean as their reputed brand ambassadors.
