Kookaburra Kahuna

The Kahuna is a range of bats made by Kookaburra Sport and is the company's premier bat line. The Kahuna Icon faced controversy 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 ineligible for use in international test matches. [ [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/239032.html Cricinfo - Kookaburra takes legal advice against MCC ruling ] ] The Kahuna Icon is no longer in production.

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. [ http://www.kookaburra.biz/cricketdetail_aus.php?PID=480&MenuCat=1 ]

The range

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

enior bats

*Kahuna Ricky Ponting
*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
* Bob Chi

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]

ee also

*Kookaburra Sport
*Kookaburra Beast