Gray-Nicolls is an English

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and

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and is a subsidiary of Grays International. Formed as a result of merger between two companies, Grays and Nicolls, the company is based in

Robertsbridge Robertsbridge is a village in the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge, and the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Hastings and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Royal Tunbrid ...

, East Sussex. Gray-Nicolls manufactures and commercialises a wide range of products for

, such as

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s, balls,

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, team uniforms, and bags.

History

The Gray company was founded as H.J. Gray and Sons by H.J. Gray in 1855. This company later began manufacturing cricket bats for leading

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cricketers such as Ranjitsinjhi and the then Prince of Wales and remained a family business. L.J. Nicolls started manufacturing cricket bats in 1876. These two manufacturers merged in the early 1940s and thus Gray-Nicolls was formed. After

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, famous cricket stars such as England Captain

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and Australian all-rounder

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started to use Gray-Nicolls bats. In 1974 the company introduced the 'scoop' bat, sometimes named as cricket's most famous bat.

Sponsorships

Gray-Nicolls has had sponsorship deals with many leading international cricketers, including Australians George Bailey,

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, Cameron Green, Beth Mooney and

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, New Zealanders

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, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls and

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, English players

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and

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, and Pakistanis Mohammad Rizwan,

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and

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History

Sponsorships

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