Kookaburra Sport

Kookaburra Sport Pty. Ltd.
Industry	Textile, Sporting goods
Founded	1890; 132 years ago
Founder	Alfred Grace Thompson
Headquarters	Moorabbin, Melbourne, Australia
Area served	List Australia; South Africa; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; New Zealand; United Kingdom; Bangladesh; India; ;
Products	List Australian rules football balls,; Cricket bats, balls, gloves, helmets, pads, footwear, team uniforms, stumps; Field hockey sticks, footwear, team uniforms; ;
Website	kookaburrasport.com.au

Kookaburra is an Australian sports equipment company, specialising in Australian rules football, 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.^[1]

History[]

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.

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 Martin Guptill of New Zealand.

Current ranges of equipment are Kahuna, Fever, Ghost, Rapid, Rampage Shadow, and Patriot, an exclusive range sold at the Greg Chappell Cricket Centre. Previous ranges include Diablo, Genesis, Blade, Sword, Ice, Beast, CCX, XLR8, Blaze and Surge.

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 since 1984.

Products[]

A Kookaburra cricket ball

Sport	Products
Australian rules football	balls, team uniform
Cricket	Clothing and equipment: bats, balls, gloves, helmets, pads, footwear, team uniforms, stumps
Field hockey	sticks, balls

Cricket endorsements[]

The following cricket players have endorsement deals with Kookaburra:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Australia[]

Brad Haddin – Kahuna
Michael Hussey – Onyx
Ricky Ponting - Kahuna
Peter Siddle – Kahuna
Mitchell Starc – Rapid
Nathan Lyon – Ghost
Glenn Maxwell – Rapid
Josh Philippe – Rapid
Chris Rogers – Onyx
Ashton Agar – Ghost
Adam Zampa – Ghost
Josh Hazlewood – Ghost
Nicole Bolton – Onyx
Alyssa Healy – Kahuna
Peter Handscomb – Shadow
James Pattinson - Dynasty
Alex Carey – Kahuna
Tim Paine — Kahuna
Dan Christian – Ghost
Harry Nielsen – Kahuna
Marnus Labuschagne - Ghost

England[]

Jos Buttler – Kahuna
Liam Dawson – Kahuna
Lydia Greenway - Ghost
Natalie Sciver - Kahuna

India[]

Faiz Fazal - Kahuna
Shikhar Dhawan - Kahuna

New Zealand[]

Sophie Devine - Ghost
Lockie Ferguson - Ghost
Martin Guptill - Pursuit/Shadow
Matt Henry - Surge
Tom Latham - Kahuna
James Neesham - Rapid
Amy Satterthwaite - Kahuna
Tim Seifert - Surge
Katie Perkins - Surge
BJ Watling

South Africa[]

Dean Elgar – Kahuna
Chris Morris – Shadow
Lungi Ngidi – Kahuna
Mangaliso Mosehle – Kahuna
Sibonelo Makhanya - Surge
Andrew Birch – Kahuna
Anrich Nortje – Ghost
Janneman Malan - Fever Blast

Bangladesh[]

Anamul Haque – Kahuna