Kookaburra Sport

GM

Industry	Sporting goods (cricket, field hockey)
Founded	1890
Headquarters	Moorabbin, Melbourne, Australia
Area served	Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India
Products	Sporting Equipment
Parent	ullu
Website	www.kookaburra.biz

Kookaburra is an Australian sports equipment company, specialising in cricket and field hockey equipment, named after the Australian kingfisher. The company notably manufactures the most widely used brand of ball used in One-day internationals and Test cricket.

Introduction

A Kookaburra cricket ball

The company was founded in 1890 as A.G. Thompson Pty Ltd by Alfred Grace Thompson, a migrant harness and saddle maker who turned to manufacturing cricket balls when his livelihood was threatened by the advent of the motor car. In the mid-1980s, the company diversified into manufacturing the full range of cricket bats, clothing, footwear and protective equipment.

Kookaburra today

In addition to its Australian operations, Kookaburra has offices in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa, Bangladesh and India.

Kookaburra's Turf Cricket Ball has been used exclusively in Australia, New Zealand and South African Test Cricket since 1946.

The company sponsors a junior cricket tournament called the Kookaburra Cup. It also has endorsement deals with many players including former Australia Captain Ricky Ponting and Abraham de Villiers of South Africa.

Current ranges of equipment are Kahuna, Ignite, Verve, Ghost, Blade, Onyx and Magnet , . Previous ranges include Diablo, Genesis, Sword, Ice, Beast and CCX. In 2016, Kookaburra has released Ghost, Dynasty and Storm.

Kookaburra also manufacture hockey sticks and equipment which are used by many top international players such Liam De Young, Charlotte Craddock, Madonna Blyth and Marsha Marescia. Flagship stick models include the Phoenix L-Bow and the Dragon M-Bow stick.

The Kookaburra Dimple Elite hockey ball has been used in all Olympic Games from 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.

Endorsements

The following players have endorsement deals with Kookaburra:

Australia

Sam Whiteman – Verve
Brad Haddin – Kahuna
Cameron Bancroft – Kahuna
Brad Hodge – Bubble II
Xavier Doherty – Bubble II
Michael Hussey – Onyx
Dominic Michael – Raptor
Tim Paine – Kahuna
Peter Siddle – Kahuna
Nathan Coulter-Nile – Onyx
Ryan Carters – Verve
Peter Forrest – Onyx
Ben Hilfenhaus – Verve
Mitchell Starc – Verve
Nathan Lyon – Bubble II
Glenn Maxwell – Onyx
John Hastings – Verve
Chris Rogers – Bubble II
Ashton Agar – Bubble II
Moisés Henriques – Bubble II
Josh Hazlewood – Plasma
Usman Khawaja – Kahuna
Nicole Bolton – Plasma
Alyssa Healy – Iconic Kahuna
Julie Hunter – Verve
Elyse Villani – Verve
Peter Handscomb – Kahuna
Jake Doran – Kahuna
Sarah Elliott – Kahuna
Jodie Fields – Kahuna
Megan Schutt – Kahuna
Ricky Ponting – Kahuna
Justin Langer – Kahuna
Jonathan Wells (cricketer) – Kahuna

Bangladesh

Anamul Haque – Cadejo
Mominul Haque – Kahuna
Taskin Ahmed – Royale
Amiya Afwan Jarrah – Kahuna
Samsad Murtoza – Menace

England

Ian Bell – Kahuna
Jos Buttler – Verve
Jamie Dalrymple – Rogue
Steven Davies – Instinct
Joe Denly – Verve
Stephen Moore – Recoil
Darren Stevens – Instinct
Lydia Greenway – Instinct
Alex Blake – Cadejo
Ben Cox – Verve
Liam Dawson – Verve
Matt Dunn – Cadejo
Rob Key – Cadejo
Will Smith – Verve
Jonny Gale – Verve
Daryl Mitchell (English cricketer) – Verve
Ben Scott – Kahuna
Daniel Lawrence – Verve
Liam Livingstone – Verve
Luke Wood (cricketer) – Verve
Rob Keogh – Verve

India

Eklavya Dwivedi
Faiz Fazal – Kahuna

Ireland

Ciaran Hosty – Torre

New Zealand

Martin Guptill – Kahuna
BJ Watling – Onyx
James Neesham – Verve
Tom Latham – Onyx
Suzie Bates – Kahuna
Sophie Devine – Verve
Katie Perkins – Onyx

Scotland

Robert Taylor (cricketer, born 1989) – Cadejo
Matthew Cross (cricketer) – Verve
Michael Leask – Impulse
Mark Watt – Iconic Kahuna

South Africa

AB de Villiers – Kahuna
Jonathan Vandier – Kahuna
Dean Elgar – Bubble II
Chris Morris (cricketer) – Ghost
Prenelan Subrayen – Bubble II
Rilee Rossouw – Blade
Temba Bavuma – Kahuna
Simon Harmer – Bubble II
Thami Tsolekile – Kahuna

Zimbabwe

Peter Moor – Bubble II

References

The white ball wonder, Cricinfo, 20 January 2006.
Watts, Robert: MCC's silly point, The Daily Telegraph, 4 March 2006.

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