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
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 Scoop, the bat every kid wanted for Christmas, turns 40 on The Guardian
Gray-Nicolls Athletes Gray-Nicolls has had sponsorship deals with many leading international cricketers, + List of Athletes Country Athlete Pakistan Babar Azam Pakistan Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan Shan Masood Pakistan Usama Mir Pakistan Saud Shakeel Nepal Kushal Bhurtel India Karun Nair India Manish Pandey India Priyank Panchal India Shreyas Gopal India Sunil Gavaskar Sri Lanka Charith Asalanka Sri Lanka Kusal Mendis South Africa Kyle Verreynne South Africa JP Duminy South Africa David Bedingham South Africa Kagiso Rabada South Africa Corbin Bosch West Indies Brian Lara West Indies Kraigg Braithwhaite Zimbabwe Brendan Taylor Australia Aaron Finch Australia David Warner Australia Annabel Sutherland Australia Ashton Turner Australia Ben Cutting Australia Mitchell Owen Australia Ben McDermott Australia Beth Mooney Australia Cameron Green Australia Jess Jonassen Australia Marcus Stoinis Australia Mitch Marsh Australia Shaun Marsh Australia Tahlia McGrath Australia Travis Head England Andrew Strauss England Alastair Cook England Chris Woakes England Harry Brook England James Anderson England Sam Billings England Ben Foakes England Maia Bouchier England Mike Atherton England Ollie Pope England Tammy Beaumont England Sophia Dunkley England Zak Crawley Netherland Bas de Leede New Zealand Amelia Kerr New Zealand Daryl Mitchell New Zealand Henry Nicholls New Zealand Kane Williamson National teams Netherlands Scotland Clubs Northamptonshire CCC Central Sparks
See also Grays International
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