VKS

Our padel racket display has been restocked and refreshed with a few new picks! If you’re in or around London come and have a browse in-store or shop online at vksrackets.com

Pads on, ten minutes to spare, and the SS TON Silver Edition sitting across the lap.

Some bats you carry to the crease. This one you sit with first. Natural unbleached English willow, clean silver branding, and a face that feels honest under the thumb.

There's a quiet moment on the bench before the walk out, just you and the blade getting acquainted before the work begins. Club cricketers know it well.

This one settles in the hands like it's been there all season. No fuss, no oversold story. You pick it up and it simply makes sense.

SS TON Silver Edition. £249.99. Available now at VKS London.

Pop into the shop in Ealing 📍 to feel it for yourself, or order online with free UK delivery over £100.

Some bats you rotate through the season. Others just stay in the bag.

The GM Maxi DXM Signature is one of the second kind. It's a front-foot player's bat through and through, and once it settles into your hands it tends to stay there.

The Powerarc bow shifts the weight forward into the drive, right where you actually want it when you're committing through the shot. Grade 2 English willow and DXM pressing give it the character to reward players who mean it at the crease.

This is a blade built to work hard from May to September. Not one you pick up for a weekend and forget, but one that earns its place all summer.

Come and pick one up in the shop in Ealing, or have a browse online at VKS London whenever suits you. £199.99, with free UK delivery on orders over £100. We're always happy to talk bats 🏏

This is what a cricket bat is made from, a simple fact that most of us forget. It’s a tree! It’s been growing for up to 25 years through rain, shine, snow and winds, yet we see a small blemish and see it as a fault. Maybe we should take a look in the mirror and when see the marks on our faces, we should think about whether we too should be discarded. It’s a natural product, that takes great skill to nurture from a newly planted tree to a bat to take you through innings after innings.

Saturday morning in late June. The bag's by the door, studs still smelling faintly of last week's outfield.

You reach in and the Kookaburra Kahuna Pro 3.1 Icon comes out half-pulled, already feeling familiar in your hands. That's the thing about a bat that suits your game. It stops being a piece of kit and starts feeling like part of the morning.

The high sweet spot sits ready, the pick-up stays light, and there's a reassuring balance to it that has you itching to get to the crease before you've even left the house.

Built for dynamic stroke players who like to take the game on. £299.99.

Pop into the shop in Ealing for a proper feel, or browse online at VKS London whenever you're ready. Free UK delivery over £100. We're always happy to talk bats 🏏

Bold blue, English willow, and a profile built to punish loose deliveries.

The Gray-Nicolls Havoc Gen 1.0 GN550 has just landed in the shop, and it sits in that lovely sweet spot between power and control.

The offset edge profile gives it serious presence at the crease, and the pickup is balanced enough that you're not fighting the bat through the shot. A proper option for club and competitive players who want a blade that looks the part and performs when it matters.

In stock now at £259.99. Pop into the shop in Ealing if you'd like to pick one up and feel it in hand, or have a browse online whenever suits you.

Late June pitches play differently. Dry, firm, fast underfoot. The ball comes onto the bat the way every batter dreams of.

This is the window the Gray-Nicolls Havoc GN550 was built for. Most players pick a bat with their eyes, but this one rewards those who pick with their hands.

Pick it up and you feel it straight away. The mid-profile and offset edges put weight exactly where you need it for aggressive stroke play, right when you're mid-season and finding your best form.

It's the kind of bat that keeps you on the front foot when the wicket is begging you to play your shots.

Gray-Nicolls Havoc Gen 1.0 GN550. £259.99.

Pop in and have a feel for yourself in Ealing, or shop online at VKS London. Free UK delivery over £100. We're always happy to talk bats 🏏

Most cricketers pick a bat by the stickers on it, not by how they actually play. We see it happen in the shop every week.

The right profile completely changes your timing at the crease. A dynamic stroke player who hits on the rise needs a very different sweet spot to someone who sits back and plays off the back foot.

Take the Kookaburra Kahuna Pro 3.1 Icon as an example. High sweet spot, rounded face, built to stay light in the hands while driving maximum power through the hitting zone. A proper player's bat.

Have a swipe through our guide for the three things that genuinely matter when choosing your next piece of willow. No spec-dump, just the bits that affect how the bat feels in your hands.

Pop into the shop in Ealing 📍 to test the pick-up for yourself, or browse the 2026 range online whenever you're ready.