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  • Sarah Taylor joins Team GM

    24th May 2013 10:10, in Cricket News

    GM is delighted to announce that Sarah Taylor, considered by many to be the best lady cricketer in the world, has joined Team GM.


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  • High Octane start to the season for Root

    10th May 2013 15:54, in Cricket News

    Team GM’s Joe Root went in to the start of the 2013 county season on the back of a difficult three Tests in New Zealand, where he had scored 88 runs in five innings. Some might have been questioning whether he was indeed worth his place in the middle-order. Now, after hitting 501 runs for Yorkshire since his return, he has been chosen to lead the England Lions and his place at Lord’s on 16th May looks assured.


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  • GM Middlesex girls in record partnership

    8th May 2013 11:23, in Cricket News

    Middlesex girls Anna Nicholls and Maia Bouchier got their season off to a flying start. Playing for the County's U15 Girls' Team and both using Gunn & Moore bats, Anna and Maia put on an opening stand of 237 off just 40 overs. Both were not out, Anna scoring 108 of the total, with Maia close behind on 107.


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  • GM pair star in ODI as England level series

    20th February 2013 12:04, in Cricket News

    Gunn & Moore pair Ross Taylor and Joe Root played significant roles for their respective sides as England drew level with New Zealand in the ODI at Napier.


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  • Hales and Lumb in record partnership as England win T20 series

    15th February 2013 12:21, in Cricket News

    GM players Michael Lumb and Alex Hales led the charge as England clinched a 2-1 Twenty20 International series win over New Zealand in emphatic style, crushing the Black Caps by 10 wickets in the decisive match in Wellington.


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  • Watson and Burns pick up awards

    5th February 2013 21:55, in Cricket News

    Team GM Stars Shane Watson and Joe Burns both picked up major accolades at last night’s Allan Border Medal function, winning Australia’s Twenty20 Player of the Year and the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year award, respectively.


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  • Beth Morgan retires from International Cricket

    16th January 2013 11:53, in Cricket News

    Double World Cup winner Beth Morgan has announced her retirement from international cricket following the recurrence of a shoulder injury.


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  • Jonathan Trott released by GM

    31st October 2012 18:56, in Cricket News

    After a long and successful association spanning from South African schoolboy to the present day, Gunn & Moore has announced that their sponsorship agreement with Jonathan Trott has come to an end.


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  • Taylor heroics not enough for Kiwis

    2nd October 2012 00:14, in Cricket News

    A masterful 62 not out from New Zealand captain and Team GM star Ross Taylor wasn't enough for the Kiwi's to beat the West Indies and advance to the semi final stage of the T20 World Cup.


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  • Shane Watson stars in World T20s

    1st October 2012 11:44, in Cricket News

    Shane Watson's incredible displays at the World Twenty20 continued as he inspired Australia to a resounding eight-wicket win over South Africa to effectively seal a semi-final spot.


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  • Joe Root wins PCA Young Player of the Year Award

    21st September 2012 11:11, in Cricket News

    Joe Root was awarded the coveted John Arlott Cup as NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year last night at the NatWest PCA Awards at Battersea Evolution.


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  • Taylor hundred helps NZ

    3rd September 2012 01:09, in Cricket News

    An inspired hundred from New Zealand’s captain, Ross Taylor, helped the visitors to a commanding first innings total of 365 in the 2nd Test match against India in Bangalore.


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  • Head leads the way for GM

    27th August 2012 00:48, in Cricket News

    Despite the best efforts of Team GM's Travis Head, Australia lost to India in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup final yesterday in Townsville.


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  • The future's great with Gunn and Moore

    24th August 2012 16:16, in Cricket News

    Nothing typifies the future of Gunn and Moore than these pictures of new apprentice James Perkins being put through his paces by master craftsman Kevin Stimpson.


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  • A century for Smith

    21st July 2012 19:21, in Cricket News

    A century for Graeme Smith in his 100th Test Match for South Africa - also his 100th Test Match using Gunn & Moore. We couldn't have written the script.


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  • Graeme Smith Presentation at The Kia Oval

    19th July 2012 12:20, in Cricket News

    Today’s Investec Test Match at the Kia Oval is Graeme Smith’s 100th Test Match and to mark the occasion Gunn & Moore has presented Graeme with a specially engraved GM cricket bat.


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  • Alex Hales sets new record for England

    25th June 2012 10:57, in Cricket News

    Team GM’s Alex Hales fell one run short of England's first Twenty20 international hundred but his 99, in a record 159-run partnership with Ravi Bopara, powered the home side to a convincing seven-wicket victory against West Indies at Trent Bridge yesterday.


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  • Tom Maynard (1989 – 2012)

    18th June 2012 15:37, in Cricket News

    ECB and Surrey County Cricket Club can confirm that the Surrey batsman Tom Maynard has been confirmed dead by the Metropolitan Police.


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  • World record for Tino Best

    11th June 2012 11:09, in Cricket News

    Tino Best produced a world record innings by a Test No. 11 on his return to the West Indies Test side, a fantastical affair that shattered England's faint chances of winning the current Edgbaston Test against in the process.


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  • Davis and Burns to tour England

    29th May 2012 03:16, in Cricket News

    Western Australian batsman Liam Davis and Queensland's young star Joe Burns have both been included in Australia's A One-Day International tour of England.


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  • New record for GM England Under 19 player

    5th April 2012 12:27, in Cricket News

    Gunn & Moore’s Daniel Bell-Drummond hit an unbeaten century to become the most prolific one-day batsman in England Under-19s history as the young Lions beat Australia by three wickets.


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  • Young Burns Stars for Queensland

    20th March 2012 00:30, in Cricket News

    GM rising star, Joe Burns, has capped off a stellar season in first-class cricket by helping Queensland win the Sheffield Shield Final over Tasmania at the Gabba’ by three wickets.


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  • Watson wins limited-overs awards

    27th February 2012 23:09, in Cricket News

    Shane Watson picked up the highest honours in both limited-overs formats at the Allan Border Medal last night in Melbourne. The Australian vice-captain, who famously won the Player of the Year Award in 2010 and 2011, missed out on the main prize this time out, but was still named One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 Player of the Year.


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  • Voges and Davis Star for GM

    21st February 2012 22:00, in Cricket News

    Shane Watson’s long-awaited return to first-class cricket from a series of hamstring and calf injuries was not a happy one - thanks largely to GM’s Adam Voges and Liam Davis - as Western Australia thumped New South Wales by an innings and 323 runs in Perth overnight.


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  • GM’s Velani targets a World Cup place

    9th February 2012 15:05, in Cricket News

    A Brentwood schoolboy has just returned from his first England Under-19 cricket tour. Playing two years ahead of himself, Gunn & Moore Academy player Kishen Velani, 17, played in six out of his country's seven One-Day games in Bangladesh and now hopes his performances earn him his first trips to Australia – firstly for a quad series in March and then the Under-19 World Cup in August.


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  • An Australian considers the recent England series against Pakistan

    8th February 2012 17:38, in Cricket News

    England could not avoid a humiliating 3-nil whitewash by a rejuvenated Pakistan in the UAE, despite the best efforts of GM’s Graeme Swann and Jonathan Trott, who bagged 13 wickets and scored 161 runs respectively.


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  • World record for Cobras' Vilas

    9th January 2012 11:49, in Cricket News

    Dane Vilas achieved a world best wicket-keeping performance when he played an innings of more than 150 and completed 10 dismissals behind the stumps as the Cape Cobras overwhelmed the Knights by an innings and 54 runs at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley on Saturday.


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  • GM helps NSW to the Semis in India

    12th October 2011 18:17, in Cricket News

    Shane Watson helped lead New South Wales to the semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20 competition in India. Former Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark and keeper-batsman Daniel Smith also stared for the Australian state team.


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  • GM supports Lord’s Taverners

    26th September 2011 16:35, in Cricket News

    Twenty two of the world’s greatest living fast bowlers came to London this week in support of cricket’s favourite charity, The Lord’s Taverners, for a series of special events that will never again be repeated – and Gunn & Moore were on hand to help.


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  • Alex Hales is PCA Young Player of the Year

    23rd September 2011 12:18, in Cricket News

    Alex Hales was named NatWest PCA Young Player of the Year at the PCA awards ceremony in London last night.


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  • Swann leads England and new GM 2012 Product Range launch

    23rd September 2011 09:47, in Cricket News

    On the day that Graeme Swann captains England for the first time, he will also be using a new GM Epic bat in the T20 series against The West Indies, starting today at The Oval.


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  • GM duo help Surrey to Lords win

    22nd September 2011 13:09, in Cricket News

    Tom Maynard and Chris Schofield helped their Surrey side inflict yet another Finals loss for Somerset.


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  • Swann takes England T20 reins

    14th September 2011 11:16, in Cricket News

    Graeme Swann has been appointed captan of the England T20 squad for the forthcoming two match NatWest International Twenty20 series against West Indies commencing on Friday September 23 at the Kia Oval.


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  • Jonathan Trott named as Cricketer of the Year.

    13th September 2011 11:31, in Cricket News

    Jonathan Trott, who scored more than 1,000 runs in both Test and One-Day internationals at averages of 65 and 48 respectively, was named Cricketer of the Year at the ICC's Awards Dinner in London, which also recognised success for both Graeme Swann and Ryan ten Doeschate in a great night for Gunn & Moore players.


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  • Taylor retires from international cricket

    8th July 2011 12:12, in Cricket News

    England cricketer Claire Taylor today announced her retirement from international cricket.


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  • Watson crowned as Australia’s new vice-captain

    12th May 2011 15:57, in Cricket News

    Shane Watson was recently unveiled as Australia’s Test and One-day vice-captain, taking over the realms from Michael Clarke, who replaces Ricky Ponting as team captain.


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  • Trott collects FTI MVP winter award

    12th May 2011 15:26, in Cricket News

    Jonathan Trott has topped the FTI MVP Rankings for the 2010/11 winter after cementing his position as England’s most consistent batsmen across both the Test and 50 over formats of the game.


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  • Ryan ten Doueschate Struck a hundred

    22nd February 2011 13:15, in Cricket News

    Congratulations to Ryan ten Doeschate who struck a brilliant hundred.


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  • GM dominates England U19's

    1st December 2010 12:04, in Cricket News

    Gunn & Moore is proud to announce that 8 members of the England U19's squad on their forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka in January 2011 are members of Team GM.


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  • Graeme Swann up for top BBC Award

    30th November 2010 15:28, in Cricket News

    Graeme Swann has been nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of The Year Award.


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  • Jonathan Trott part of new English record.

    30th November 2010 15:03, in Cricket News


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  • National Awards for Swann and Lyth

    24th September 2010 17:23, in Cricket News

    Graeme Swann and Adam Lyth have both been honoured with awards from the Professional Cricketers’ Association at their annual awards ceremony last night.


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  • Swann takes 100th Test Wicket in record time

    20th August 2010 14:58, in Cricket News

    In taking the wicket of Mohammed Yousuf at The Brit Oval yesterday, Graeme Swann took his 100th test wicket in his 23rd test match. He also became the quickest English bowler in terms of time to achieve this feat – one year and 252 days.


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  • Lyth first to 1,000 runs

    5th July 2010 17:14, in Cricket News

    Congratulations to Yorkshire’s Adam Lyth from everyone at Gunn & Moore on becoming the first player to score 1,000 championship runs in the 2010 season.


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  • Swann named Most Valuable Player

    4th June 2010 13:40, in Cricket News

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Graeme Swann has topped the FTI MVP Rankings for the 2009/10 winter. In doing so the off-spinner beat off strong competition from Stuart Broad and Paul Collingwood to claim the £2,000 prize that he’s donated to Lowes Syndrome Trust


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  • Trott in seventh heaven

    28th May 2010 14:29, in Cricket News

    Jonathan Trott today became only the seventh English batsman in history to score a double-century at Lord’s and the first anywhere since 2007 .....


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  • Graeme Swann is ECB Cricketer of the Year

    24th May 2010 22:20, in Cricket News

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that Graeme Swann has won the ECB Men’s Cricketer of the Year Award.


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  • GM Cricket TV launches new channel

    9th April 2010 18:09, in Cricket News

    Following the success of the Art of Batmaking videos, GM Cricket TV is today launching a new channel featuring interviews with many of the top international and county players in Team GM.

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  • James Vince joins Team GM

    13th March 2010 14:11, in Cricket News

    Gunn & Moore are pleased to announce that Hampshire cricketer James Vince has joined Team GM on a long term contract.


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  • Shane Watson wins major awards

    15th February 2010 14:02, in Cricket News

    Congratulations to Shane Watson from everyone at Gunn & Moore for being named both the Allan Border Medallist for 2010 and Australia’s One-Day International Player of the Year, two of the most prestigious awards in Australian cricket.


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