Gray-Nicolls
British cricket equipment company
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::summary British cricket equipment company ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gray-Nicolls |
| logo | Gray nicolls logo.png |
| logo_size | 250 |
| foundation | |
| founders | H.J. Gray |
| L.J. Nicolls | |
| location | Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England |
| area_served | Europe, Oceania, Asia |
| industry | Sport, textile |
| products | Cricket clothing and equipment, team uniforms, accessories |
| parent | Grays International |
| subsid | Steeden |
| homepage | |
| :: |
| name = Gray-Nicolls | logo = Gray nicolls logo.png | logo_size = 250 | type = | fate = | foundation = | founders = H.J. Gray L.J. Nicolls | location = Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England | area_served = Europe, Oceania, Asia | industry = Sport, textile | products = Cricket clothing and equipment, team uniforms, accessories | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = Grays International | subsid = Steeden | brands = | homepage = | footnotes = Gray-Nicolls is an English cricket equipment and clothing brand and is a subsidiary of Grays International. Gray-Nicolls founded in 1855. Formed as a result of merger between two companies, Grays and Nicolls, the company is based in Robertsbridge, East Sussex.
Gray-Nicolls manufactures and commercialises a wide range of products for cricket equipment, such as bats, batting gloves, balls, pads, athletic shoes, team uniforms, and bags.
History
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The Gray company was founded as H.J. Gray and Sons by H.J. Gray in 1855. This company later began manufacturing cricket bats for leading Cambridge University cricketers such as Ranjitsinjhi and the then Prince of Wales and remained a family business. L.J. Nicolls started manufacturing cricket bats in 1876.
These two manufacturers merged in the early 1940s and thus Gray-Nicolls was formed. After World War II, famous cricket stars such as England Captain Wally Hammond and Australian all-rounder Keith Miller started to use Gray-Nicolls bats.
In 1974 the company introduced the 'scoop' bat, a revolutionary design at the time and sometimes named as cricket's most famous bat.
Gray-Nicolls Athletes
Gray-Nicolls has had sponsorship deals with many leading international cricketers, ::data[format=table title="List of Athletes"]
| Country | Athlete |
|---|---|
| PAK Pakistan | Babar Azam |
| PAK Pakistan | Mohammad Rizwan |
| PAK Pakistan | Mohammad Yousuf |
| PAK Pakistan | Shan Masood |
| PAK Pakistan | Usama Mir |
| PAK Pakistan | Saud Shakeel |
| NPL Nepal | Kushal Bhurtel |
| IND India | Karun Nair |
| IND India | Manish Pandey |
| IND India | Priyank Panchal |
| IND India | Shreyas Gopal |
| IND India | Sunil Gavaskar |
| SRI Sri Lanka | Charith Asalanka |
| SRI Sri Lanka | Kusal Mendis |
| RSA South Africa | Kyle Verreynne |
| RSA South Africa | JP Duminy |
| RSA South Africa | David Bedingham |
| RSA South Africa | Kagiso Rabada |
| RSA South Africa | Corbin Bosch |
| WIN West Indies | Brian Lara |
| WIN West Indies | Kraigg Braithwhaite |
| ZIM Zimbabwe | Brendan Taylor |
| AUS Australia | Aaron Finch |
| AUS Australia | David Warner |
| AUS Australia | Annabel Sutherland |
| AUS Australia | Ashton Turner |
| AUS Australia | Ben Cutting |
| AUS Australia | Mitchell Owen |
| AUS Australia | Ben McDermott |
| AUS Australia | Beth Mooney |
| AUS Australia | Cameron Green |
| AUS Australia | Jess Jonassen |
| AUS Australia | Marcus Stoinis |
| AUS Australia | Mitch Marsh |
| AUS Australia | Shaun Marsh |
| AUS Australia | Tahlia McGrath |
| AUS Australia | Travis Head |
| ENG England | Andrew Strauss |
| ENG England | Alastair Cook |
| ENG England | Chris Woakes |
| ENG England | Harry Brook |
| ENG England | James Anderson |
| ENG England | Sam Billings |
| ENG England | Ben Foakes |
| ENG England | Maia Bouchier |
| ENG England | Mike Atherton |
| ENG England | Ollie Pope |
| ENG England | Tammy Beaumont |
| ENG England | Sophia Dunkley |
| ENG England | Zak Crawley |
| NED Netherland | Bas de Leede |
| NZL New Zealand | Amelia Kerr |
| NZL New Zealand | Daryl Mitchell |
| NZL New Zealand | Henry Nicholls |
| NZL New Zealand | Kane Williamson |
| :: |
National teams
- Netherlands Netherlands
- Scotland Scotland
Clubs
- ENG Northamptonshire CCC
- ENG Central Sparks
References
References
- (December 28, 2010). "How Gray-Nicolls bats are made". www.telegraph.co.uk.
- (3 March 2014). "''Manufacturers embrace their heritage''".
- (May 1, 2018). "Gear Review: Gray-Nicolls Powerbow & Prestige Bats".
- (9 March 2015). "''160 Not Out''. A history of Grays Nicolls cricket".
- (1 May 2018). "''Gear review: Gray-Nicolls Powerbow & Prestige bats''". Wisden.
- [http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/jul/23/gray-nicholls-scoop-the-bat-every-kid-wanted-for-christmas-turns-40 Gray Nicolls Scoop, the bat every kid wanted for Christmas, turns 40] on ''The Guardian''
- (10 January 2012). "''The return of the greatest cricket bat''". The Guardian.
- "Gray-Nicolls Athletes".
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