GRAY NICOLLS CRICKET NEWS

August 2008 Archive

Alistair Cook extends with GRAY-NICOLLS

Thu 21 August 2008

England’s star batsman Alastair Cook has signed a long-term extension to his contract with GRAY-NICOLLS.

Alastair commented ‘I am very happy to continue my relationship with GRAY-NICOLLS having used the brand since I started playing the game.  Having the right equipment and working closely with their master bat-makers at Robertsbridge to make sure my bats are just right is very important to me. I am now looking forward to working with them on a number of new product ideas in other areas.’

Sales and Marketing Director at GRAY-NICOLLS, Richard Gray, said: ‘We are delighted that Alastair has decided to remain with the brand and we wish him every success over the coming months in the lead- up to the Ashes next summer.  We are working closely with Alastair on some major new product developments and we look forward to announcing the first of a number of these in the near future’.

GRAY-NICOLLS is leading the way in world cricket with More Test centuries scored with GRAY-NICOLLS than any other brand. GRAY-NICOLLS bats passed the landmark eighteen times during the last 12 months.

GRAY- NICOLLS is also the choice of more players than any other brand.  In county cricket, nearly twice as many players chose Gray-Nicolls than the nearest competitor.  GRAY-NICOLLS Internationals include leading players such as: Shiv Chanderpaul; JP Duminy; Andrew Strauss, Matthew Hayden, Phil Jaques; Dimitri Mascarenhas;  Jacob Oram; Ramnaresh Sarwan; Graeme Swann; Andrew Symonds, Daniel Vettori and Mohammed Yousuf