CA Cricket Unveil Latest Big Name Signing

April 25, 2009 - PRLog -- New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has become the latest big name player to sign a contract with cricket bat-makers CA Sports.

Oram, one of only six New Zealanders to have completed the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test cricket, will use a CA Plus 12000 bat as part of his agreement.

Oram, a left-handed batsman and right arm seamer, is using his CA Plus 12000 bat for the first time in the Indian Cricket League where he is playing for the Chennai Super Kings for a second season.

Oram made eight and took one for 30 in four tight overs in Chennai’s 19 runs defeat by Sachin Tendulkar’s Mumbai Indians in their opening IPL match earlier this week.

Oram, 30, made his Test debut for New Zealand in 2002 and has been included in their squad for the ICC World Twenty20 which will be staged in England in June.

Oram joins former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, West Indies batsman Lendl Simmons and Pakistan internationals Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat, Shahid Nazir and Yasir Arafat on the roster of CA Sports-sponsored players.

CA Sports was established in 1958 as a manufacturer of cricket bats and has now gained a reputation as w world-class producer of quality cricket equipment.

CA cricket bats and equipment are available in the UK and Europe from Midlands-based Sports HQ at: (http://www.thesportshq.com)

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