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Title: help? please?
Post by: imogzyboy on July 15, 2011, 01:43:29 PM
im off to australia for 9 months in august i really would like another salix but just soooo expencive i have a salix preastantia and love everything about it....
the best thing i could come up with is having another bat made around it?
can anybody help me out?
also what would the turn around time be as i would need it by the 22nd of august

thanks guys
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: iand123 on July 15, 2011, 01:45:02 PM
dont H4L make bats to your preferred shape?
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: imogzyboy on July 15, 2011, 01:47:33 PM
i couldnt find it on there website :/
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: langer17 on July 15, 2011, 01:49:23 PM
Just email Matt, or pm him telling him what you want and he should sort you out.
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: iand123 on July 15, 2011, 01:49:30 PM
maybe im wrong but i thought there have been a few threads on here where people have had specific profiles or copies made. try contacting them and asking

have you thought about a salix rogue to keep the cost down?
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: Lekka Global Alliance on July 15, 2011, 01:49:52 PM
im off to australia for 9 months in august i really would like another salix but just soooo expencive i have a salix preastantia and love everything about it....
the best thing i could come up with is having another bat made around it?
can anybody help me out?
also what would the turn around time be as i would need it by the 22nd of august

thanks guys

What specs are you looking for and what is your budget ?
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: imogzyboy on July 15, 2011, 01:53:14 PM
weight 2.11
size SH
lowish middle
grains im not fussed what it looks like aslongs it plays very nice for some reason my salix is just perfect
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: snafu on July 15, 2011, 01:58:07 PM
Perhaps you may need a slightly higher middle for aussie tracks or you could get a Scat while your over there
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: Lekka Global Alliance on July 15, 2011, 01:59:23 PM
weight 2.11
size SH
lowish middle
grains im not fussed what it looks like aslongs it plays very nice for some reason my salix is just perfect

What is your budget ?
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: imogzyboy on July 15, 2011, 02:00:10 PM
are aussie tracks more bounce to them??
has anybody else played over seas? its my first time some advice would go down well :D

as cheap as possible but if i had to say around 170-180
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: iand123 on July 15, 2011, 02:02:51 PM
are aussie tracks more bounce to them??
has anybody else played over seas? its my first time some advice would go down well :D

as cheap as possible but if i had to say around 170-180

Where abouts in Aus? Will you be playing on proper wickets or astroturf?
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Post by: langer17 on July 15, 2011, 02:04:20 PM
I'm an Aussie and I play in the Brisbane premier grade comp, and most pitchess are generaly pretty bouncy, so they'd be bouncier than the ones you have over there.
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: Jenko on July 15, 2011, 02:04:47 PM
Where in Aus are you off to mate, what state/club?

The top range screaming cat will cost more than a top range Salix I am pretty sure.....$675 Australian Dollars for one
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: Lekka Global Alliance on July 15, 2011, 02:05:36 PM
are aussie tracks more bounce to them??
has anybody else played over seas? its my first time some advice would go down well :D

as cheap as possible but if i had to say around 170-180

170-180 would be pushing hard but I can see a favourable deal if you were to pick up 2 bats for your 9 month trip to Australia.
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Post by: aidy1098 on July 15, 2011, 02:06:49 PM
they are bouncier and tend to have a lot more carry, well thats what i experienced when i went to aus and you cant drive a ball unless its a genuine half volley no driving on the up like in england!

also i have a 2lb 14oz GM Flare original 7/8 Grains, Very Good condition looking for £150 posted via courier
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: Jenko on July 15, 2011, 02:08:02 PM
are aussie tracks more bounce to them??
has anybody else played over seas? its my first time some advice would go down well :D

as cheap as possible but if i had to say around 170-180

As an Aussie player who is over in the UK at the moment, yes, Aussie tracks bounce alot more. But again, it may depend on where you are playing. I'm from central qld but have played cricket on the sunshine coast Qld, and the tracks are all bouncier than over here. The tracks are alot harder and have 'true' bounce - no driving on the up!
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Post by: Jenko on July 15, 2011, 02:09:28 PM
Sorry Aidy didn't mean to copy what you said!
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Post by: aidy1098 on July 15, 2011, 02:11:27 PM
Sorry Aidy didn't mean to copy what you said!

no worries mate, thats how i was 90% out driving on the up!.. i was playing in NSW nearer to Brisbane thatn sydney, in Grafton around the clarence valley area if anyone knows around there?
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Post by: Jenko on July 15, 2011, 02:14:47 PM
I know the area but not familiar with the cricket comp.....I played my junior cricket on the Sunshine Coast, then grade cricket in the same comp. Now play grade cricket in CQ - can't wait to get back and bat/bowl on Aussie tracks again!!
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Post by: imogzyboy on July 15, 2011, 02:27:46 PM
im playing for a team called george town in tasmania?
anybody played near them?
Title: Re: help? please?
Post by: imogzyboy on July 15, 2011, 02:28:30 PM
lekka what would be this deal??
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Post by: Jenko on July 15, 2011, 02:31:57 PM
Tasmania to us Mainlanders is like Wales to English haha!!!

Fair bit colder down that way mate maybe speak to someone at the club to see how the pitches play. VERY different climate to Queensland.
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Post by: imogzyboy on July 15, 2011, 02:33:11 PM
haha good thing im welsh then ;)
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Post by: Lekka Global Alliance on July 15, 2011, 02:49:22 PM
lekka what would be this deal??

I have PM'd you.
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Post by: Vic Nicholas on July 16, 2011, 10:36:02 AM
they are bouncier and tend to have a lot more carry, well thats what i experienced when i went to aus and you cant drive a ball unless its a genuine half volley no driving on the up like in england!

Yep.

Your back foot game will improve dramatically.

Bumpers will come through head high too...and quickly!
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Post by: langer17 on July 16, 2011, 10:43:49 AM
Yep.

Your back foot game will improve dramatically.

Bumpers will come through head high too...and quickly!

It will, but not as much as the northern states. In Tassie, it always rains down there and is much colder than the constant 28-32 degree games up here in QLD, but it's the bloody humidity that gets you up here, always like 90%-95% in summer.
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Post by: Jenko on July 16, 2011, 10:15:32 PM
Try Central Queensland Langer,

constant 35 - 40 degrees+ in the summer months!