Cricket Guides & Tools
Everything here is free and none of it requires an account. If you are buying cricket gear in New Zealand - for yourself or, more likely, for a child who has just been told they need it - start here.
Sizing tools
Enter a height and get the right bat size, from Size 1 through to Long Handle. Bat size runs off height rather than age, and buying off age is the most common reason a junior ends up with a bat that does not suit them. Takes about ten seconds.
Full measurement charts for bats, batting pads, batting gloves, helmets and wicket keeping gear. Includes how to measure properly for each — pads are sized on leg length, not height, which catches most people out. This is the page to use if you are kitting someone out from scratch.
Buying guides
Sizes, willow grades, profile, weight and pickup, and what actually matters at each level of cricket. Covers where paying more is worth it and where it genuinely is not. Read this before spending on English willow.
Safety standards, how to get the fit right, grille types, and junior versus youth sizing. Helmets are mandatory for under-19 players in hard-ball cricket in New Zealand, and this is the one item where the certification genuinely matters.
Why sleeve-style arm guards have largely replaced strapped guards, and when a traditional guard is still the better choice. Useful if you have been putting up with a guard that slides down every over.
More guides
We publish new buying guides through the season. See everything in our cricket articles.
Or just ask us
If you would rather not work it out yourself, we would genuinely rather you asked. Email howzzat@cricketwarehouse.co.nz, use the chat on any page, or call 0800 124 601.
Tell us the player's height, age and what grade or school year they are in, and we will tell you exactly what they need — including where the cheaper option is the right one, and where you can skip an item altogether.
