Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: 0905119 on January 02, 2012, 11:47:47 AM
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I was reminiscing just this morning about some of the bats I've had the pleasure of owning, not realising just how many custom bats I have had made for me in the past, I couldnt stop thinking about one in particular! I had a spare £70 lying around after a rather fruitful christmas intake a few years ago and so I decided to take a punt on a readers challenger! Considering I had 4 other bats at the time. These included a chase 175, a laver & wood, a B&S LE and a canterbury 500, the readers was an awesome bat and very much held its own! I fell in love with it, and often chose it over my more prized bats!
Have any of you ever had one bat that you just loved that cost you the equiv of a loaf of bread??
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Not yet but I hope to pick one up closer to the season... :) all thou the bulldog basher I had a couple of years ago was a fantastic bit of willow and only cost £60
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I had a Malik Sarfi for the first quarter of a season a few years and and it was amazing. Unfortunately it snapped after about 10 games and the shop owner gave me a Malik Sher Amin as a replacement, it was no where near as good.
Also bought a AM 2 Good which I used in my best season to date. A bag full of runs and my first 2 centuries.
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my icon 606 is brilliant as is the kook rogue that fattus now has...
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Woodworm Mega Bite Bronze, size 6, Kashmir willow and one of the best pings I've ever used.
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A grade 1 champ sports bat from hit4six, £70 and was a beast, scored me a lot of runs and a friend a double hundred!
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I had a BDM Amazer Y2K, I think that's what it was called. I found it at my local club used it til it snapped, brilliant bat!
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Malik bats are SERIOUSLY underrated! Friend had a MALIK scoremaster, £20 on ebay in 2007.. Scored his first ton in 44 balls with it!!
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Larson paid 25 quid for it of ryan was a beast
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Going back a bit, but at Uni bought a DF 405 from a lad who'd stopped playing for £20 and it *flew* - used it for about two and a half seasons, until the face fell to bits!
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Don't know if this one counts, but I found a Kahuna Chaos in my club's changing rooms (it was left there for 2 weeks or so..) and that performed really well - was rather pleased ;)
If not, a £40 V Sports Plain bat I got off Hit4Six recently. It really goes well :)
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My Dad bought me an SS Orange from India for about 50 quid and it was an absolute gun!
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I got my canterbury 500 brand new for 30 quid. Probably the best bat I've ever had
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No chance! Really?! Got my canterbury when it first appeared on the scene! payed over 7 times that!!!!!
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Yeah a guy at a local market had some kit a few years back. Only had cricket stuff for about a month and this was the best bat he ever had. When I saw the price I had to get it.
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I had myself a readers that was a gem, but somehow nobody else would believe that and the amount of stick i got in the middle!
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GM Apex 303 most runs ever scored in a season by me with with that bat. Was a absolute gun had a great ping and hit a monster six over square leg and looked at the sweet spot... Massive crack :( broke next net session.
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Don't know if this one counts, but I found a Kahuna Chaos in my club's changing rooms (it was left there for 2 weeks or so..) and that performed really well - was rather pleased ;)
If not, a £40 V Sports Plain bat I got off Hit4Six recently. It really goes well :)
That was mine. Custom made for me that is. Pretty sure if you look at the top of the handle you will see it says Reading
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A DF 'Attack in Polyflex' that kind of fell into my bag from the team kit bag in the mid 90's. Still got it, face cracked to buggery but it still goes, no fancy curves or big edges.
Possession is 9/10ths of the law.
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That was mine. Custom made for me that is. Pretty sure if you look at the top of the handle you will see it says Reading
Nice mate, low middle 2.8? Sound right..
Goes nicely, been using it outdoors in some nets :)
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Has it reading at the top of the handle?? Lol
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my kook blade 300 for 27 quid is sweeeeeeeet! :D
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Has it reading at the top of the handle?? Lol
I'll check now mate 8)