Quick kit tests

Weise Barracuda gloves £49.99 www.thekeycollection.co.uk

GETTING LINED GLOVES in the height of the heatwave didn’t do them any favours: the liner was exposed as sweaty and a bit itchy.

Construction is robust, with decent leather, wrist and

cuff straps and plastic armour. The cut is odd, with fat fingers and a tight wrist, but they’re a decent set for later in the year, just too hot for high summer. SIMON WEIR