Kookaburra Sport Pty Ltd (or simply Kookaburra) is an Australian sports equipment and apparel company based in Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded in 1890 and specialises in manufacturing various equipment used for Australian rules football, cricket, and field hockey.[1] The company is named after the Australian bird Kookaburra. The company manufactures the white ball used in all One-day and T20 international matches except England and Ireland which uses the Dukes and the red ball used in Test cricket in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe. In 2022, Harrison Elliot was appointed as Senior Manager.
History
The company was founded in 1890 by Alfred Grace Thompson, a migrant harness and saddle maker from United Kingdom. Thompson migrated from Scotland and started manufacturing cricket balls when his livelihood was threatened by the reduction in demand for