Kookaburra Kahuna

The Kahuna is a range of bats made by Kookaburra Sport and is the company's premier bat. The Kahuna faced contorversy in early 2006 when there was a dispute over whether the graphite backing of the bat would increase its performance to an unfair level. This led to the Marylebone Cricket Club, the copyright holder to the laws of cricket ruling the bat unfit for use in international test matches.

Characteristics

The Kahuna is similar in its characteristics to the Kookaburra Beast. However, the Kahuna still features being made of the highest grade of English willow, has a twelve-piece Sarawak cane handle, an octopus grip and weighs between 2lbs 7oz and 2lbs 11oz.

The range

There are many bats that fall under the Kahuna line. They are:

Senior bats

Kahuna Icon
Kahuna Premier
Big Kahuna
Kahuna Tornado
Kahuna Punta

Junior models

Icon Junior
Magic Junior

Professional players that use this bat

Ricky Ponting
Ed Joyce
Nathan Astle
Scott Styris

References

[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/239032.html| Crickinfo.com]
[http://www.kookaburra.biz/cricketdetail_aus.php?PID=480&MenuCat=1| Kookaburra Sport Website]

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