GRAY NICOLLS CRICKET NEWS

September 2009 Archive

How GRAY-NICOLLS cricket bats are made

Fri 25 September 2009

Here is an insight into how our bats are made!

How to care for your bat - knocking in

Fri 25 September 2009



How to care for your bat - oil your bat

Fri 25 September 2009

Here is a short clip that let's you know how to oil your bat correctly.

How to care for your bat - apply extratec

Fri 25 September 2009

A short video on how to apply extratec to your cricket bat.

How to care for your bat - toe guard

Fri 25 September 2009



How to care for your bat - adding a grip

Fri 25 September 2009



Short Lists announced for ICC Awards 2009

Fri 25 September 2009

Three GRAY-NICOLLS cricket athletes are in the running for the world's top cricketing honours of 2009.

GRAY-NICOLLS batting star Jesse Ryder has been short-listed for the Emerging Player of the Year at the prestigious LG ICC Awards. Ryder made his Test debut less than a year ago but already has two centuries, four 50s and a Test average of 49.88.

To qualify for this award a player must be under the age of 26 and have played fewer than five Tests and/or 10 ODIs at the start of the voting period.

Ashes-winning captain and GRAY-NICOLLS superstar, Andrew Strauss has been nominated for both the Cricketer of the Year Award and Test Player of the Year Award.

After assuming the England captaincy in January, Strauss has enjoyed a wonderful run of form with the bat - scoring four centuries - and was awarded Man of the Series against Australia during in Ashes. He also scored back-to-back centuries against India in Chennai last November, and has re-established himself as one of England's leading one-day players.

Prevailing GRAY-NICOLLS batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the 2008 ICC Cricketer of the Year was nominated for the One Day International (ODI) Player of the Year.

The awards are presented at the sixth annual LG ICC awards in Johannesburg on 1 October 2009.

There are eight individual prizes, as well as awards for the Test and one-day international teams of the year and the Spirit of Cricket.

Individual Awards

Cricketer of the Year
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
Andrew Strauss (Eng)

Emerging Player
Ben Hilfenhaus (Aus)
Graham Onions (Eng)
Jesse Ryder (NZ)
Peter Siddle (Aus)

Spirit of Cricket
Australia
Blackcaps
England
Sri Lanka

Umpire of the Year
Aleem Dar
Tony Hill
Asad Rauf
Simon Taufel

Test Player of the Year
Gautam Gambhir (Ind)
Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
Thilan Samaraweera (SL)
Andrew Strauss (Eng)

ODI Player of the Year
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)
Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)

Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year
Rizwan Cheema (Can)
Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
William Porterfield (Ire)
Edgar Schiferli (Ned)

Twenty20 International Performance of the Year
Shahid Afridi (Pak)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
Chris Gayle (WI)
Umar Gul (Pak) f

Women's Cricketer of the Year
Charlotte Edwards (Eng)
Shelley Nitschke (Aus)
Claire Taylor (Eng)