Gray-Nicolls

GRAY-NICOLLS

Gray-Nicolls is an English sports equipment and apparel brand specialising in cricket owned by Grays International. Gray Nicolls was formed when the two companies Grays and Nicolls merged.

History

World Racquets champion H.J. Gray founded the racket-making company H.J. Gray and Sons in Cambridge, England in 1855. The company later began manufacturing cricket bats for leading Cambridge players such as Ranjitsinjhi and the then Prince of Wales and remains a family business. L.J. Nicolls started making bats in 1876 in his workshop in Robertsbridge, East Sussex, where the company is still based today.^[1] These two well-regarded bat manufacturers merged in the 1940s to form Gray-Nicolls and stars such as England Captain Wally Hammond and Australian all-rounder Keith Miller soon started to use Gray-Nicolls bats.

Endorsements

The following cricketers currently have endorsements deals with Gray-Nicolls:

Australia

• George Bailey
• David Warner
• Shaun Marsh
• James Faulkner
• Peter Neville
• Cameron White
• Ben Cutting
• Chris Lynn
• Ed Cowan
• Callum Ferguson
• Sean Abbott
• Cameron Boyce
• Michael Klinger
• Marcus Stoinis
• Steve O'Keefe
• Matt Renshaw

England

• Alastair Cook
• Alex Hales
• Chris Woakes
• Jonny Bairstow
• James Tredwell
• Phil Mustard
• Sam Billings
• Sam Robson
• Haseeb Hameed

India

• Karun Nair

Ireland

• Ed Joyce
• Niall O'Brien

Netherlands

• Stephan Myburgh

New Zealand

• Kane Williamson
• Jesse Ryder
• Henry Nicholls
• Matt Henry
• Daniel Flynn
• Hamish Rutherford

South Africa

• JP Duminy
• Colin Ingram
• Kagiso Rabada
• Jacques Rudolph

Sri Lanka

• Kusal Mendis

West Indies

• Kraigg Brathwaite

See also

• Grays International
• Gilbert
• Steeden

References

External links

• Gray-Nicolls homepage
• Gray-Nicolls Australia homepage