The right bat,the right size,the right knock.
Buying guides for cricket bats, protective gear, shoes, balls and training equipment, starting with your height, your role and the cricket you play.
Find gear by part of your game
Batting, protection, bowling and fielding. Each section starts with your size and level.
Cricket bats
English willow, Kashmir willow and junior bats
Pads & protection
Pads, gloves, guards and boxes
Helmets
Batting helmets and standards
Cricket shoes
Spikes, half spikes and rubbers
Balls
Leather, synthetic and training balls
Training & practice
Nets, bowling machines and drills
Bags & clothing
Kit bags, whites and caps
Juniors & beginners
Junior kit and getting started
Know your kit
Use palm circumference and wrist-to-fingertip measurements with a maker's chart to select cricket batting gloves.
Compare a cricket bowling machine with a ball feeder by delivery control, compatible balls, power, setup space, safety enclosure and practice goals.
Compare fielding practice equipment by rebound direction, target, ball type, portability and storage.
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Cricket Kit Bag Capacity Checklist
Kit bags
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Cricket Shoe Fit Checklist
Cricket footwear
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Cricket Training Ball Types: A Quick Comparison
Cricket balls
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Cricket Whites vs Colored Kit: What to Check
Bags & clothing
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Duffle vs Wheelie Cricket Kit Bags
Bags & clothing
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Full-Finger vs Fingerless Cricket Batting Inners
Pads & protection
Cricket questions, answered
How do I measure for cricket batting gloves?
Kookaburra says to measure wrist to the tip of the longest finger and around the palm circumference.
Read: Cricket Batting Glove Size Chart →Does every cricket bowling machine use the same ball?
No. Check the machine manual for compatible ball types, sizes and condition.
Read: Cricket Bowling Machine vs Ball Feeder →What is a cricket rebound net?
It is a net product designed to return a ball after it is thrown or hit into it. Return behavior varies by design.
Read: Cricket Fielding Practice Equipment →How do I choose a cricket kit bag size?
Measure the longest items and the bulk of the kit you plan to carry, then compare those measurements with the maker's capacity and compartment dimensions.
Read: Cricket Kit Bag Capacity Checklist →Are cricket shoe sizes consistent across brands?
No. Use the exact maker's size guide.
Read: Cricket Shoe Fit Checklist →Are all soft cricket balls the same?
No. Product designs vary in material, construction, size and the practice use described by the maker.
Read: Cricket Training Ball Types →Sized and graded properly
Helmets and protection are compared on the standards they meet, and every helmet guide says which standard applies.
Each guide says who the kit suits, who should look elsewhere, and what to check before you buy.
Brands cannot buy a review or a spot on a list. Partner codes save you money; they never decide what we recommend.
Prices are dated, codes are updated across the site at once, and pages are revised when a product, standard or rule changes.
The cricket equipment index
- 01Cricket batsCricket bats by willow and grade, sizes and weights, profiles, junior bats and knocking in.6 pages
- 02Pads & protectionBatting pads and gloves, thigh and arm guards, abdominal guards and wicketkeeping gear.4 pages
- 03HelmetsBatting and fielding helmets, BS 7928 certification, grilles, neck guards and junior sizing.3 pages
- 04Cricket shoesBatting, bowling and all-round shoes, spikes and studs, and sizing.3 pages
- 05BallsMatch and practice leather balls, synthetic and tennis balls, and weights by age group.3 pages
- 06Training & practicePractice nets, bowling machines, rebound nets, stumps, catching and fielding drills.4 pages
- 07Bags & clothingWheelie and duffle kit bags, cricket whites, coloured kit, caps and sunhats.3 pages
- 08Juniors & beginnersJunior bat sizes, first kits, starter sets and what young cricketers need at each age.4 pages