The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland. The region has a land area of 15,624 km2 (6,032 sq mi), with an estimated population 4,934,939 in 2022. With a sufficiency-level world city ranking, Nottingham is the only settlement in the region to be classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
A cricket bat is a specialised piece of equipment used by batters in the sport of cricket to hit the ball, typically consisting of a cane handle attached to a flat-fronted willow-wood blade. It may also be used by a batter who is making batter's ground to avoid a run out, by holding the bat and touching the ground with it. The length of the bat may be no more than 38 inches and the width no more than 4.25 inches. Its use is first mentioned in 1624. Since 1979, a law change has dictated that cricket bats can only be made from wood.
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Nottinghamshire. The club's limited overs team is called the Notts Outlaws.
The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is an American sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois. Wilson makes equipment for many sports, among them baseball, badminton, American football, basketball, fastpitch softball, golf, racquetball, soccer, squash, tennis, pickleball and volleyball.
William Gunn was an English sportsman who played internationally in both cricket and football. In first-class cricket, Gunn played professionally for Nottinghamshire from 1880 to 1904 and represented England in 11 Test matches. In football, he played for both Notts County and Nottingham Forest as an amateur and played twice for England, scoring one goal in the inaugural 1884 British Home Championship.
Helmets in cricket were developed in the 20th century.
Walter Stuart Surridge was an English first-class cricketer who captained Surrey County Cricket Club.
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.
Charles Duncan Fearnley, more commonly known as Duncan Fearnley, was an English first class cricketer who, after retirement as a player, became a producer of cricket bats. Fearnley was also the great uncle of British Olympic gymnast Nile Wilson.
Kookaburra Sport Pty Ltd is an Australian sports equipment and apparel company based in Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1890 and specialises in manufacturing various equipment used for Australian rules football, cricket, and field hockey. The company is named after the Australian bird Kookaburra. The company manufactures the white ball used in all One-day international matches and the red ball used in Test cricket in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe.
Marucci Sports is an American sports equipment manufacturing company based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It focuses on baseball equipment, specifically producing bats, balls, gloves, batting gloves, batting helmets, and chest protectors. The company was originally founded in 2002 as the Marucci Bat Company by LSU Tigers head athletic trainer at that time, Jack Marucci The company was acquired by the investment firm Compass Diversified Holdings in 2020 and later by Fox Factory for $572 million in 2023.
Grays International is an English sports equipment manufacturing company based in Robertsbridge, East Sussex. The company was founded in 1855 by rackets champion H.J. Gray, producing equipment for cricket, field hockey, netball, rugby union and tennis, through its brands and subsidiaries.
CA Sports is a Pakistani sports equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Sialkot, Punjab, focused on cricket clothing and equipment. Founded in 1958, the company's name refers to the first initials of its founder's name, Charaghdin Abdul Rasheed.
Sanspareils Greenlands (SG) is an Indian cricket equipment manufacturer. The company was founded in 1931 in Sialkot in India before moving to the current location in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1950. It specialises in manufacturing various equipment used for cricket and the company manufactures the red ball used in all Test cricket and First-class cricket matches in India.
British Cricket Balls Limited is a British sports equipment and apparel company, specialising in cricket equipment. The company manufactures the Dukes brand of cricket balls used for playing Test cricket in United Kingdom, the West Indies and Ireland. The company was founded in 1760 by the Dukes family. The company is currently owned by Indian businessman Dilip Jajodia, who acquired it in 1987.
Sareen Sports Industries (SS) is an Indian sports equipment manufacturing company specialising in cricket, with its headquarters located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The firm was founded in 1969 by NK Sareen and became one of the world's leading cricket equipment manufacturers.
The South Nottinghamshire Cricket League serves Nottingham and the surrounding towns and villages. The South Nottinghamshire Cricket League (SNCL) is one of two Nottinghamshire leagues that feeds into the ECB accredited Nottinghamshire Cricket Board Premier League. The headquarters for the SNCL is based in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire Recreational Cricket is the body responsible for all recreational cricket in the Nottinghamshire and ensures the smooth running of the game on a number of different levels.
E.J. Riley, later Riley Leisure and just Riley, is a British sporting goods brand founded in 1878 by Edward John Riley, an Irish expatriate living in Manchester, England.
Hunts County, commonly shortened to County, is a sports equipment and apparel company founded by the Trimmins family in 1904 based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England that specialises in cricket. The company produces cricket clothing and equipment such as bats, balls, helmet, batting gloves, protective gear, athletic shoes, and bags.
