Sanspareils Greenlands
| Industry | Sporting goods (cricket, |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1950 |
| Headquarters | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Area served | Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India |
| Products | Sporting Equipment |
| Website | www.sgcricket.com |
Sanspareils Greenlands (SG) is a manufacturer of cricket equipment.[1] Its balls are used in Test cricket and in the Ranji Trophy in India.[2][3] They have a more prominent seam than the Kookaburra balls used for Test matches in rest of the world apart from England and West Indies, resulting from the thicker thread used for stitching.[4]
Its factory has been in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh since 1950.[5]
SG has been exporting bats manufactured in Meerut to the UK and Australia for most of the international cricket brands. The company has been the market leader in India with legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Mohammad Azharuddin and Rahul Dravid endorsing the brand. In 2008, Virender Sehwag becomes an SG brand ambassador.
Since 1994, all Test Matches played in India have been played with SG balls.[5] SG bats have been used by Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid. Although its initials also matches with that of its previous user Sunil Gavaskar, its ownership isn't related to him. List of sponsorship are Shane Watson, Marlon Samuels, Hardik Pandya, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Parthiv Patel, Rishabh Pant, Amit Mishra, Prithvi Shaw, Vinay Kumar , Suresh Raina, Ishank Jaggi , Karn Sharma , Gautam Gambhir , Krunal Pandya , Mayank Agarwal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Suresh Raina was currently using SG bats. Between 1992-1996 Kiran More, Ajay Sharma, Nayan Mongia, and many other International players started using SG cricket gear there on.
SG Test balls are handmade[6] and at Rs 1149 each[7] are said to be 20% of the price of Kookaburra balls.[6]
References
- ^ "All about the cricket ball". Zee News. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "India opens door to Kookaburra balls in Tests". Daily Times. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "Delhi and Haryana players disappointed with SG balls". India Today. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ Rundell, Michael (2009). Wisden Dictionary of Cricket. A & C Black. p. 288. ISBN 9781408101612.
- ^ a b Rudraneil Sengupta (2012-08-13). "1931 Sanspareils Greenlands | A historic innings". Livemint. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
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- ^ [2][dead link]