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Products
  
Sporting Equipment

Website
  
www.kookaburra.biz

Founded
  
1890

Parent
  
ullu

Headquarters
  
Melbourne, Australia

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Industry
  
Sporting goods (cricket, field hockey)

Area served
  
Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India

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.

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Introduction

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 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

  • 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
  • Robin Uthappa
  • Arya Rohit
  • Steven Sammi

    • Ireland

  • Ciaran Hosty – Torre

    • Netherlands

  • Max O'Dowd

    • 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

  • 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

    Kookaburra Sport Wikipedia
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