About this product
League Wicket Keeping Gloves – in stock at 361 Degrees Adventure in Tanzania.
The SG League is a step up from the Club keeping glove, and the difference that matters most in this climate is the cuff lining.
That sounds trivial and is not. A wicketkeeper crouches and stands several hundred times in a session with their forearms above their hands, and sweat runs down the forearm into the cuff of the glove. Cloth lining absorbs a certain amount and then saturates. Towelling keeps taking it up, and it keeps the inside of the glove drier for far longer. On a hot, humid afternoon here that is the difference between gloves that remain usable and gloves that are squelching by the drinks break.
The rest is what you want in a keeping glove. An all-leather palm with a rubber grip facing over it – leather grips when wet, which PVC does not. Natural cup-and-palm construction, so the glove sits open with a formed pocket and the ball settles into it rather than having to be trapped.
It comes in youth and adult only, which tells you where SG place it: a glove for a keeper past junior cricket who is keeping regularly.
The webbing between thumb and index finger is the part that fails on any keeping glove, because it takes the load on every one-handed take. Check it and have it restitched before it tears.
Wear chamois or padded cotton inners. A thin inner is not enough for the number of balls a keeper takes.
Buying a League Wicket Keeping Gloves in Tanzania
361 Degrees Adventure keeps the league wicket keeping gloves at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.
Every league wicket keeping gloves is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.
Not sure which league wicket keeping gloves suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Dar es Salaam.
Spare parts and replacements for the league wicket keeping gloves are easier to get here than on an overseas order, which matters once the gear is in use.
Browse more Cricket Gloves in Dar es Salaam, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on cricket, see this overview on Wikipedia.
SG League Wicket Keeping Gloves - Leather Palm, Towel-Lined Cuffs