CRICKET BAT, wood, yellow rubber handle, ‘Kahuna’, ‘KOOKABURRA’, Mike Hussey

Pale wooden, untreated, willow(?) ‘Kookaburra’ cricket bat with yellow, textured, rubber handle with blue rubber grip underneath. Clear plastic self-adhesive 'Extratec' film covering lower two thirds of face and sides. Upper section of face covered with large ‘Kookaburra’ brand logo sticker featuring outline of kookaburra above a black circle with a white triangle and large green crescent to the left. Faded rectangular outline with remnants of gold coloured oval sticker in centre of bat face. Remnants of another sticker also visible underneath ‘Kookaburra’ logo. Scuff and ball marks on face. Vertical ridge down centre of back. ‘KOOKABURRA’ printed in white with blue outline on black sticker with silver lines on each side progressively becoming longer and thinner on top third of back. White kookaburra outline printed inside black oval shaped sticker in centre of back, with remnants of another sticker visible underneath. ‘KAHUNA’ printed in red inside circle with blue, green and yellow background at bottom with ‘INDIVIDUALLY HAND CRAFTED’ marked in black below. ‘2’8’ handwritten in black on top end of handle. 2’9½’ handwritten in pencil on top left edge with some pen scribbling next to it. ‘2’7½’ handwritten in red biro on top right edge.

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