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Equipment => Your Kit => Topic started by: tim2000s on October 31, 2011, 05:33:22 PM

Title: My First Bat..
Post by: tim2000s on October 31, 2011, 05:33:22 PM
As posited elsewhere...

Mine was a Powerspot Tufcoat!
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Post by: jw17 on October 31, 2011, 05:34:09 PM
Hunts county green one!
Massive crack and dent on the edge in my first net, dad was fuming and i could of cried!

First Full size bat was a lovely SS Orange my dad picked up for me on his travels in India, set a rather high precedent for other bats and at only £40 when it was converted from rupees who can go wrong!
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Post by: Bruce on October 31, 2011, 05:35:37 PM
BDM Master Blaster.
It seemed to have a slightly shorter blade was an absolute gun! ended up buying a few more since
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Post by: uknsaunders on October 31, 2011, 05:36:31 PM
talking junior or first adult bat?
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Post by: Bruce on October 31, 2011, 05:37:04 PM
Post both, you know you want to!
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Post by: Johnny on October 31, 2011, 05:38:54 PM
Open championship autograph size 4 was first ever.

Lara 375 was first SH
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Post by: Nickauger on October 31, 2011, 05:38:58 PM
GM Diamond. Wasn't overly impressed. Second was a Lords Taverner GN, from the club kit bag, which I stripped the fibreglass off. Still one of the best bats I have ever had.
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Post by: jimba101 on October 31, 2011, 05:39:22 PM
One of the below, a gray nics sabre assasin in the finest of kashmir willow!

Moved onto a EW GN Longbow fairly soon

(http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq21/jimba101/gn_sabreassassin_big1.jpg)

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Post by: Liam-SCCC on October 31, 2011, 05:39:38 PM
We did this topic before, but the search system is defunct!

My first junior was a Slazenger V100 and my first adult was a Millichamo and Hall S6/original
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Post by: Bruce on October 31, 2011, 05:41:38 PM

My first junior was a Slazenger V100 and my first adult was a Millichamo and Hall S6/original

One hell of a first adult bat!
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Post by: Joe on October 31, 2011, 05:42:25 PM
Woodworm Torch Size 4 - awesome bat (middle was about 2in from toe)
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Post by: Liam-SCCC on October 31, 2011, 05:43:13 PM
One hell of a first adult bat!

Bargain as well, was a grade 1 made for an overseas pro in the mix shape, £100 brand new and then £5 to M&H for some stickers
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Post by: uknsaunders on October 31, 2011, 05:47:32 PM
first adult bat was a DF Magnum. Went like a train. My father borrowed it and while batting pushed a forward defensive into the off side, only to see it race for 4!. I think the handle went in the end.
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Post by: The_Bird on October 31, 2011, 05:50:01 PM
GM Cannon 707 or GN Sabre I can't remember
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Post by: Maverick79 on October 31, 2011, 05:51:53 PM
First junior bat was a DF 405 and then my first adult bat was a Kookaburra Ridgeback
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Post by: Simmy on October 31, 2011, 05:53:14 PM
size 5 v500 test

i loved it! was a beast
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Post by: Cover_Drive on October 31, 2011, 05:55:27 PM
It was a Pakistani bat sent by my Grand Parents but then I bought Gray Nicolls Powerbow 3 Star as I didn't like that Pakistani bat much.
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Post by: Kulli on October 31, 2011, 06:01:27 PM
First bat was a Kookaburra, not sure of the model but had the white stickers with the green lines across them. First Adult bat was a CA white gold which was awesome, still just about in one piece but pretty dead now.
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Post by: Buzz on October 31, 2011, 06:06:30 PM
I had a size 3 and a size 4 df Ian botham attack then a size 6 and a harrow gm maestro. my first full size bat was a hunts county caerulex. marvellous.
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Post by: roco on October 31, 2011, 06:18:04 PM
Slazenger v100 select
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Post by: Colesy on October 31, 2011, 06:19:12 PM
First ever bat was GM Purist 606 which I have in my room with the rest of my bats, had 14 straight grains and a knot just below the stickers. First adult bat was a Woodworm Hard Drive Gold.
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Post by: 97 n.o. on October 31, 2011, 06:19:49 PM
Gunn and Moore Scorer Size 5. Loved it.

First adult bat was a Slazenger v800 select for my first season in adult cricket aged 14. I had matching v800 pads and gloves and i thought i was the dogs b*llocks.

I made 7 runs in my first 5 innings. 4 of which were an inside edge through fine leg.
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Post by: Wills on October 31, 2011, 06:43:17 PM
First bat was a Slazenger V600, first adult bat was a Gray Nicolls Viper Venom
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Post by: Colesy on October 31, 2011, 07:20:02 PM
Viper Venom was my second and third bat! :D
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Post by: MD2812 on October 31, 2011, 08:36:49 PM
Junior bat: GM Hustler Select. Piece of Kashmir, dont remember too much how it was as a bat, was tiny and didnt weigh much.

Senior bat: Woodworm Globe Premier. Hit many a 6, has gone nicely but (as seems the case with most woodworms) many cracks on the inside edge, and know one crack down the middle I'm not sure what to do with.
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Post by: 19reading87 on October 31, 2011, 08:41:13 PM
Slazenger V100 panther :)
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Post by: Ryan on October 31, 2011, 08:46:29 PM
Slazenger v12 panther  :D
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Post by: Ryan on October 31, 2011, 08:48:34 PM
Then got a v100 extreme from a neighbour who worked for slazenger off the seconds shelf for £28.00 was a beast of a bat
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Post by: 12man on October 31, 2011, 08:58:33 PM
First a a Sondico something or other then a G&M  harrow covered in Polyarmour, Adult a v12 too heavy when i was 14 and still too heavy 30 years on
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Post by: johnnyw on October 31, 2011, 09:21:26 PM
Solitaire was my first bat in May 2010
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Post by: Mad Bobbin on October 31, 2011, 09:23:26 PM
GM Maestro when I was 8 or 9 which would have been 91 or 92.
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Post by: Jones129 on October 31, 2011, 09:24:54 PM
i had the gm maxi 909 and it was a gun
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Post by: petehosk on October 31, 2011, 09:28:59 PM
I only took up cricket 6 or 7 years ago. So my first couple of bats were a kookaburra Belta, a Gray Nicolls Powerbow 5* and then a beast 3lb Newbury Uzi SPS.
The Kook was ok. But the Powerbow and Uzi were both excellent!!  8)
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Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on November 01, 2011, 07:44:08 AM
Slazenger v100 I think from memory in a harrow
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Post by: Number4 on November 01, 2011, 07:45:00 AM
GN scoop
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Post by: Byo on November 01, 2011, 08:06:25 AM
GN Twin Scoop was my first bat, and my first adult bat was a Slaz V12...
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Post by: tbarnfield99 on November 01, 2011, 11:39:20 AM
Kookaburra Bubble was my first junior sized bat, followed by a GN Excalibur. I absolutely loved that GN! Felt like a young Mike Atherton!
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Post by: PedalsMcgrew on November 01, 2011, 12:55:04 PM
GN Powerspot Tuffcoat followed by an SS Turbo I kept for at least 5 seasons and wish I still had as it was a stunning bat. The Powerspot was complete rubbish....
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Post by: gdb19 on November 01, 2011, 12:56:38 PM
Some sort of Duncan Fearnley back in about 88 in harrow, first adult bat was a slazenger v100 five star got for me by one of our club pro's - still probably the best bat I've ever had.
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Post by: tim2000s on November 01, 2011, 01:08:09 PM
The Powerspot was complete rubbish....
Yup, they were weren't they!
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Post by: PedalsMcgrew on November 01, 2011, 02:16:46 PM
Yup, they were weren't they!

We all sometimes joke about having a bat that plays like it's a plank but in this case I actually think a plank might have been more responsive! For the life of me I am still not sure whether I ever hit a single ball off the middle, you just couldn't tell.... :D
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Post by: tim2000s on November 01, 2011, 02:56:29 PM
We all sometimes joke about having a bat that plays like it's a plank but in this case I actually think a plank might have been more responsive! For the life of me I am still not sure whether I ever hit a single ball off the middle, you just couldn't tell.... :D
Sounds very like the Scoop 2000 I stuck pictures of up six months ago.
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Post by: peplow on November 01, 2011, 06:33:21 PM
Phoenix Platinum size harrow, only about 4 years ago now!
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Post by: MrFATBATS on November 03, 2011, 02:45:14 PM
Duncan Fearnley Magnum
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Post by: Manormanic on November 03, 2011, 02:57:26 PM
Stuart Surridge - the model that wasn't a Jumbo or Turbo.  Only cost £50 but this was 1990, nowt special.  Upgraded to a lovely V100 5* in the McGirk Sports sale two years later with the proceeds of four weeks work potato picking - now that was a lovely bat, just couldn't bear to use it at first!
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Post by: Wolfie89 on November 03, 2011, 03:55:32 PM
My first bat was an Gunn and Moore Maestro. No idea on the weight, it had a lovely pick up and a cracking middle though
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Post by: Red Ink Cricket on November 03, 2011, 04:10:59 PM
mine was a hunts county ultimate destroyer. was probably grade 4 at best but god did it fly. stupidly lent it to a friend who went to play a back foot shot and hit the metal spring back stumps. in his defence he middle the hell outta the stumps and broke them. unfortunately he also put a massive dent/ whole in the middle of the bat. Made a good beach cricket bat tho