Showcase: Cricket Batting clever
With cricket fans gearing up for the Ashes Series in Australia, Yvonne Holberton takes a look at some of the latest designs in cricket merchandise
Slazenger V1
Endorsed by England Twenty20 Captain, Paul Collingwood, the Slazenger V1 offers a lightweight bat to enable maximum response and shot accuracy.
Featuring a premium
cane oval handle, this
bat is designed to deliver improved power, feel and grip, Slazenger say. This model also features a concave back spine, designed for manoeuvrability for all round stroke play.
RRP £350
www.slazenger.com
Adidas Twenty2yds Lite
Asics
Slazenger V3
Designed for the player wanting maximum power, the V3, endorsed by Matt Prior, has an enlarged sweet spot combined with a chiselled toe to help create ultimate power whilst maintaining a light pick up.
RRP £350
www.slazenger.com
Adidas Elite
Glove The Elite glove
features finger wraps for protection and
reduced padding movement. A new palm design in quality leather offers improvements to fit, comfort and visual ID, taking its influence from motor cycling and cycling gloves. Other features include AdiPrene inserts, high density foam padding with TPU inserts, high density foam side bar, towelling wrist band, PU finger roll material and ventilation throughout the palm and side mesh panels to help keep hands cool.
RRP £55
www.store.ecb.co.uk Newbery Gel Advance 2
Asics has used its technological expertise to produce a cricket shoe intended to be extremely light and durable, using a combination of mesh/synthetic upper, Solyte Midsole and a new PU
The Twenty2yds
Lite boot features a lightweight 3 layer spacer construction for ventilation and a ClimaCool sock liner for increased air flow. Other design features include an adiPRENE outsole for shock absorption and the company’s Torsion System bar for midfoot arch protection.
RRP £54.95
www.store.ecb.co.uk 12 Other
features include rear foot gel to provide cushioning and shock absorption. The Gel-Advance 2 also comes complete with a combination of screw-in metal and PU soft studs.
RRP £85
www.asics.co.uk SGB SPORT SEPTEMBER 2010 outsole. finest
English willow for enhanced
performance. Design
features include shaved shoulders intended to allow redistribution of weight to an enlarged hitting zone for improved power whilst maintaining a light balanced pick up. The handle has been slightly lengthened too, to create additional flex for power and speed.
RRP £249.99
www.newbery.co.uk Adidas
Shirt Adidas’ ClimaCool technology has been used in its England test shirt, designed to improve
England Test
airflow through the garment, while the company’s Formotion tehnology is designed to give complete freedom of movement during play. In brilliant white, the shirt has a red stripe and stand-up collar for UV protection.
RRP £44.99
www.store.ecb.co.uk TT Player Bat
Trialled in the Twenty20 Cup, this high impact bat is handmade
using the Newbery
Thruxton Gloves Newbery has used IG technology for shock absorption and
protection in this glove, allowing the energy to be dissipated within the material instead of transferring the force to the play. Also in the Thruxton range is a new pad featuring a rounded high density/low rebound foam construction with seven-bar configuration outer shell and angled top hat and new buckle protection flaps.
RRP Gloves £64.99 Pad £99.99
www.newbery.co.uk
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