Comfort puts players on their mettle

New clothing brand, Mettle Cricket, have made quite the impact in their first year of producing cricket whites, combining performance with style

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Before founding Mettle Cricket, Asser Malik, served as General Manager of High Performance in the Pakistan Cricket Board, helped to establish Pakistan Super League's, Multan Sultans, and managed top athletes as a sports agent.

After a decade of working with professional cricket teams, amateur players and sport enthusiasts, Malik wondered why most cricket wear fitted poorly and looked worse. Thus, Mettle Cricket was born - high quality sportswear combining performance with style.

Malik explains: "These are clothes for people who love sports and care about style. Our goal is to make the world's best cricket whites and clothes that can be worn for tennis, golf or everyday life."

^{James Vince, Ben McDermott, Cheteshwar Pujara, Olly Stone, Dan Lawrence, Mohammad Amir & Mohammad Abbas head out to the middle to test their Mettle (Supplied)}

Not only have Mettle managed to make strides in the game through their stylish and comfortable cricket apparel, they also recently brought on board Cheteshwar Pujara of India and Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Abbas of Pakistan as Mettle ambassadors. Putting aside the intense rivalry between the two nations, rostering players from both India and Pakistan under the Mettle umbrella represents quite the coup. 

They joined Ben McDermott of Australia, and England trio Dan Lawrence, Olly Stone and James Vince to launch the brand's new range at Mill Hill School in Middlesex. Dressed in the brand's signature cable-knit, v-neck sweater vest and polyester-elastane blend, salt-white polo and trousers, players demonstrated the durability, mobility and comfort of Mettle Cricket’s line.

Malik adds, "players in any country should have access to good style and great performance. We were delighted to bring together this group of international cricket stars to try out our clothing."

Pujara describes the clothing as, "the most comfortable cricket clothing I have ever worn - the sweater was great to wear off the field too."

"As a bowler, it's hard to find clothes that offer full range of motion that aren't baggy," England player, Olly Stone, adds. "These were just what I was looking for."

^{Dumbleton lift the 2022 Voneus Village Cup clad in Mettle (Supplied)}

Mettle Cricket supplied the kit for the two finalists of the 2022 Voneus Village Cup, Calmore and Dumbleton, hosted at Lord’s. The teams looked resplendent in their new whites and were in perfect harmony with the backdrop of the famous pavilion as Dumbleton went on to win their maiden trophy. 

All Mettle clothing is designed to be worn on and off the field, with a focus on durability and softness. A Mettle Signature Box includes a polo shirt and trousers with innovative, high-quality stretch fabric designed for movement and breathability, and an iconic sleeveless cable knit sweater designed with a custom three-cable pattern and a Mettle blue stripe.

To shop Mettle Cricket's full range of clothing, click here