Kookaburra is an Australian sports gear manufacturing company based in Melbourne, Australia. Interestingly Australian iconic bird kookaburra was inspired by its name. Kookaburra was established in 1890 and founded by Alfred Grace Thompson. From an early age, Thompson migrated from Scotland and started manufacturing cricket balls. After the 1980s, kookaburra expanded their production into manufacturing the full range of sports equipment. Kookaburra focused on the equipment of football, cricket, and hockey. Now, kookaburra focuses on the equipment of cricket and hockey. Kookaburra hits a revenue of almost $27 million.

Kookaburra manufactures a variety of clothing and gear. Including cricket bats, balls, stumps, and other equipment. Their range includes the white ball for One-day internationals, as well as pink and red balls used in Test cricket all over the world, especially in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The balls are machine-stitched with a quickly fading seam, making it challenging for finger spinners to grip. Renowned for their quality, Kookaburra bats are favored by top Australian players like Glenn Maxwell, Brett Lee, Tim Paine, and Manus Labuschagne.