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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: gdb19 on July 29, 2011, 09:10:03 AM
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I'm after a bit of advice so hopefully someone will be able to help.
I started playing again last year after 10 years off and have just been playing midweek stuff at not a brilliant standard. Last year I bought a puma tribute 4000 bat off ebay which is quite good but maybe a little light for me. I'm looking for a good new bat to replace it now, ideally close to 3lb and a good grade of willow.
I used to be a tail ender but since I hit the ball hard and am now playing at a lesser level I bat in the top 6 now. Being honest I'm not the best bat and tend to slog quite often, but when I connect the balls tends to go miles.
I'd love something like a redback or ayrtek but realistically only want to spend about
£120 at the most. On eBay there are quite a lot of kookaburra 800's going for around that so Im tempted by those.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good, fairly heavy bat for a front foot player for about £120 max. Would it be worth me waiting for any end of season sales?
Cheers.
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ive got a 3lb millchamp and hall distinction with nixon stickers. but im after 160
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lovely bat too simmy can't believe you want to sell it!
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I'm after a bit of advice so hopefully someone will be able to help.
I started playing again last year after 10 years off and have just been playing midweek stuff at not a brilliant standard. Last year I bought a puma tribute 4000 bat off ebay which is quite good but maybe a little light for me. I'm looking for a good new bat to replace it now, ideally close to 3lb and a good grade of willow.
I used to be a tail ender but since I hit the ball hard and am now playing at a lesser level I bat in the top 6 now. Being honest I'm not the best bat and tend to slog quite often, but when I connect the balls tends to go miles.
I'd love something like a redback or ayrtek but realistically only want to spend about
£120 at the most. On eBay there are quite a lot of kookaburra 800's going for around that so Im tempted by those.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good, fairly heavy bat for a front foot player for about £120 max. Would it be worth me waiting for any end of season sales?
Cheers.
what sort of actual weight you r looking for
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This might still be for sale, not far off requested weight
http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=12853.0
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Look at Solitaire mate - £125 for a new bat and seem to get good reviews on here....
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I would be very wary of bats on ebay,you will get a better deal/bat on here :)
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H4L devil? or maybe a 3* if you could stretch your budget slightly?
could get it made to a profile of your choice too i'd imagine
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I'd have to go with the advice of Solitaire. You'll get an excellent bat, it'll be on the heavier side, and from others on here who have had them, it will be a "gun"...
http://solitairecricket.com/
Additionally, you could look at some of the SG Bats from http://onlinestockist.com/SG-C36044.aspx?sid=3191?s=Name%20ASC&p=1 . The SG VS319 bats appear to be used by a number of the Indian players, and look really quite good for not a lot of money.
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Welcome to the forum dgb19.
I am sorting through some bats at the moment, some of which are over 2'12/13.
Drop me a PM as I'm sure I could sort you something very nice indeed in your weight range?
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Ooh what you got going pete me lad as that's a mans weight
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I'm checking out the bat cave this weekend!
Have around 100 bats to check through! :(
So not sure what I have right now, but I have some gems which are wasted just sitting there not being used!
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Surely with your vast ability they should get some use from a proper batsmen
You making room for more then ;)
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I used a couple of absolutely amazing bats which I had in the back of the bat cave, so that prompted me to sort through them all!! ;)
Obviously someone of my obvious batting ability should be able to use them all eventually but who am I to deprive others of my collection!
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This might still be for sale, not far off requested weight
[url]http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=12853.0[/url]
It is indeed......PM sent your way.
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Thanks for all the replies, Pete is going to dig out some options for me from his collection (which sounds pretty vast).
As well as anything Pete has I also like the look of the solitaire bats. I searched the forum and most of the posts about solitaire were from a couple of years ago. Does anyone have more recent feedback on their bats as they look quite good.
Thanks.
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Pete kindly offered me a couple of nice looking bats but I've had a think and I now have my heart set on getting a redback paradox in time for next season.
Does anyone have any experience with the cheaper models, most people on here seem to go for the limited editions but that's out of my price range. Has anyone got a performance or Premium paradox? Are they still good bats?
Out of interest as solitaire are £125 for a grade 1 bat can anyone compare one of those to a performance or premium redback paradox?
Cheers
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Pete kindly offered me a couple of nice looking bats but I've had a think and I now have my heart set on getting a redback paradox in time for next season.
Does anyone have any experience with the cheaper models, most people on here seem to go for the limited editions but that's out of my price range. Has anyone got a performance or Premium paradox? Are they still good bats?
Out of interest as solitaire are £125 for a grade 1 bat can anyone compare one of those to a performance or premium redback paradox?
Cheers
£150 is the price from Solitaire for the same service that Gary provides for his RedBack bats.
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Has anyone used a merlin bat? Just stumbled upon their website and they look ok.
Their website is merlincricketshop.com
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Has anyone used a merlin bat? Just stumbled upon their website and they look ok.
Their website is merlincricketshop.com
Two lads have bought them off eBay who play at my club. Can't comment on them performance wise, but they seem to have an Asian style profile, with big chunky edges. Willow seemed quite dry, especially due to the size to weight ratio.