CHANGING THE GAME TO ITS CORE

After four years of research and development, player testing and industry feedback, Gray-Nicolls is proud to introduce the cricketing world to NEOCORE.

welcome to neocore

50 years since Gray-Nicolls' iconic Scoop was launched, we are proud to unveil our newest innovation that will change the shape of cricket bats forever: NEOCORE

With a revolutionary cored internal scoop and new patented handling technology, the NEOCORE offers full profile bats with no concaving and dense, player grade willow, all with an unparalleled lightweight pick-up.

We're changing the game to its core.

PINNED HANDLE - SPLICELESS BAT

Our incredible new handle design moves away from centuries of tradition and replaces the splice with a pinned handle.

The pinned handle inserts into the core of the bat, which when coupled with the thicker shoulders of NEOCORE creates a very strong and rigid joint.

CORED INTERNAL SCOOP

The NEOCORE features a groundbreaking innovation: a cored internal scoop.

This internal scoop allows us to redistribute mass towards the handle, which gives an improved pick-up and an increase in perimeter weighting.

*Image representative of internal view of bat
TAMMY BEAUMONT - ENGLAND ICON "Gray-Nicolls has always been at the forefront of the game, but to take it to the next level with something completely different is really exciting."

MOMENT OF INERTIA

With the innovative new handle design and bat shaping, we've moved the mass higher up the bat.

With this new mass distribution we've lowered the moment of inertia when striking the ball.

Lowering the moment of inertia gives you more control over your swing and increases your bat speed, giving you maximum momentum through the ball and therefore increased power and potentially improved performance.

Torsional Stability

The cored internal scoop within the NEOCORE blade increases the perimiter weighting of the cricket bat.

Perimeter weighting disperses mass away from the middle to the edges of the bat, reducing bat twisting and improving overall control.

JOHN SIMPSON - SUSSEX CCC "When they came to me with the concept I was quite open to the idea. For me the best things about NEOCORE are the pick-up and the size of the bat. The first time I used the NEOCORE I got a hundred against Glamorgan."

Putting Professional Grade Willow In Your Hands

The cored internal scoop allows us to make cricket bats using denser willow, which enables us to offer cricketers bigger profiles and optimised performance.

It also opens up the possibility of using timber that was previously too heavy to use for stock bats, drastically reducing wastage during a period of willow shortage.

scale weight vs pick-up weight

Cricketers are often guided by their preferred weight for a cricket bat.

That all changes with NEOCORE.

Now, the pick-up weight of the bat is markedly lighter in feel compared to the weight on the scales.

In most cases, a NEOCORE bat will show between 2-3oz heavier on the scale than it feels in the hand.

So when you order a NEOCORE online you will be choosing based on "Pick-Up Weight", while in-store we urge you to pick up a bat to choose the right NEORCORE FOR YOU.