Your gloves will be the tools of your trade as a wicket keeper and therefore should be supple and form a good cup in which to receive the ball. Superior gloves will be produced from softer materials which will aid comfort and catching.

A useful addition to consider are inner gloves, either plain or padded chamois leather which provide the benefits of padding out the wicket keeping gloves, offering an extra layer of protection and absorbing perspiration. Always ensure that while wearing inners, the gloves can still be slipped off easily when needing to throw the ball.

Prices for wicket keeping gloves generally range from £30 – £150.

Wicket keeping pads are lighter and shorter than batting pads with 2 straps as opposed to 3 straps on a batting pad, for ease of movement and to be unobstructive when the wearer is in a squatting position.

Prices generally range from £30 – £60.