Cricket Spikes
In previous posts I have talked about equipment from a specific brand in each post, but spikes are a bit different and I’ll try to give an overview of all of the decent ones now here.
Adidas are one of the best known brands for spikes, and the brand of spikes that I use. After last years half-hearted effort of changing the colour from red to blue (WOW!), this year they have actually changed the look and feel of the spikes a bit as well. Supremely comfortable and available in many different versions, you won’t go wrong with a pair of these.
Asics are the other top brand at the moment in cricket spikes, and favoured by fast bowlers throughout the world. I havn’t actually tried Asics spikes before, but if they are anything like their trainers (which they almost certainly will be), they will be very comfortable and decent lasting. They look pretty good as well, but they aren’t that cheap - but worth a go if you don’t fancy the Adidas.
There is also Puma who sell a decent range of cricket spikes, which are also pretty hard wearing from my experience. Apart from these top brands, a lot of the cricket companies have their own brand of cricket shoe out as well but they generally cater for the lower end of the market. They don’t look as good and won’t be as comfortable over a decent length of time - its always worth spending a bit of money on your feet as you will have to wear them for quite a while each week!
Nike Air Zoom Yorkers are another shoe which you will seen worn by international players, but these aren’t available in the UK, and the only way you can get them is by over paying to import some and to be honest i can’t see the point. Maybe if they import them properly and we can get them from an authorised retailer I’ll look at them again.
The final thing you could do is to get a pair of trainers “spiked”. This involves buying a comfortable pair of trainers and sending them off to a specialist who will then remove part of the sole and replace it with a new one with spikes in it! Pro’s like this as it means they can find their most comfortable trainer and not have to wear something “off the shelf” from Adidas or similar. The costs for this are quite high though - but if you play a lot of cricket then it is worth thinking about.
So there we have everything you could want to know about cricket spikes in time for the season, time to go out there and buy some!
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