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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: Jagminder on April 03, 2012, 07:27:54 PM
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I see on forum guys talking about using heavy bats(heavier than one's normal bat weight) for slogging.
Is it the case with most of us or someone around here uses a lighter blade for slogging as well.
Jag.
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I use lighter for t20 but I don't slog
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Same here.
I use a lighter one too.(thought I was the only weird one out here)
It helps me have a better swing at the ball.
Honestly I can't slog for life. LOL :D
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I just hit ball hard but I hold bat higher up in t20 so lighter weight but this year got a shorter blade bat
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i use what ever i feel like on the day lol
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I used a Newbery Uzi last year around 2'9 in weight that helped me get boundaries easier than with previous bats. As it was a Long Handle it was easier to free the arms and swing at the ball and because it had a huge profile, when it middled it flew to the boundary. Saying that I never scored any 6s with it but a team mate did so easily when he borrowed it but he was much more of a slogger.
So, as I'm a straight bat player slogging doesn't come naturally to me; yes a light pick up bat helps but then so does a bat with a huge middle/profile and also the Long Handle and Shorter blade helps the freeing up of the arms.. but saying all that I still think timing and technique count for more but if the technology exists.. why not use it...
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i use what ever i feel like on the day lol
Good one :D
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i do tho i usually take 3-4 bats to a game i just pick them up and think ill use this one today
had bats ranging from 2.11 to 3.2
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All about using a long handle for T20 style batting.
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i do tho i usually take 3-4 bats to a game i just pick them up and think ill use this one today
had bats ranging from 2.11 to 3.2
Interesting.. don't the other players think you're being a little ostentatious? I have a number of bats but would only take two to a game having trialled them at nets first e.g. back-up bat .. saying that all my bats have different profiles so one would be suited to a slower wicket where the ball stays low vs a t20 bat etc...
Do you consider the pitch and/or weather conditions when making your decision or do you really just go for gut feeling and aesthetics?
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Graham Napier in this month's wisden cricketers magazine says that he uses a lighter bat than normal for slogging.
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If I ever need to slog then I just whip the Mongoose out. (Same weight as my normal bat if you're interested)
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Interesting.. don't the other players think you're being a little ostentatious? I have a number of bats but would only take two to a game having trialled them at nets first e.g. back-up bat .. saying that all my bats have different profiles so one would be suited to a slower wicket where the ball stays low vs a t20 bat etc...
Do you consider the pitch and/or weather conditions when making your decision or do you really just go for gut feeling and aesthetics?
i tried this theory about slow low wickets and hard fast wickets low middle higher middle etc was all a load of crap really,
all i would do is if they had a fast bowler i wouldnt use the 3.2 bat id use a lighter one,
i take most of my bats to games as i allways lend them out to people!
im down to 3 bats at the moment tho gonna try and just keep two for the season
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I take a normal bat and a t20 bat to games, dependent on when in the innings I go in to bat... Later =t20.
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Simmy.. ur a Saint lending bats to teammates for matches.. I begrudgingly do so in nets but only because of worrying about damage from a yorker etc.. saying that like Tim I only want to keep 2 for the season, the woodstock curve for both formats and the newbery uzi for t20 and my salix rogue as a backup so looking to sell 2 others onto teammates...which may finance another bat later in the season...
I also get what ur saying about matching the bat to the conditions so thanks for that...
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I don't have the choice of using another bat as I only have one, but from using heavier bats in the past, I definitely hit it cleaner and further when slogging with a heavier bat
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Simmy.. ur a Saint lending bats to teammates for matches.. I begrudgingly do so in nets but only because of worrying about damage from a yorker etc..
end of day mate there only bats and they are to be used,
id rather other people get use out of them rather than them just sat in the bag not doing nowt.
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end of day mate there only bats and they are to be used,
id rather other people get use out of them rather than them just sat in the bag not doing nowt.
Bats get better with play, when I have new ones they will be used by everyone at nets for 3-4 weeks until I am happy with performance.
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I do get it Joe but it must just be me.. I couldn't bear it, although it seems a great idea to let others knock your bat in for you and in a short amount of time which begs the question.. can a ball mallet do the same job as balls in nets? I love knocking away in the right areas whereas in nets it'd be a bit more hit and miss.
Regardless, I think I'm obsessive regarding aftercare and a fair few of my teammates have such sweaty hands!?! Urgh!!!
I'm not sure I'll ever look at my bats like Simmy but I guess if u play a lot in a season and u get through a fair few bats or like to keep trying new ones then that's the way to go...
I'll find out tomorrow when I face real cricket balls rather than bolas which bat is the right one to use for slogging if my timing is ok on only my second net session. The weather forecast is not promising for the second Thursday in a row!!!
My Uzi was my slogging bat last year but I'd love to use my Woodstock as I still found the long handle a little strange to get used to.. although it performed really well.
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I always use a 2.7 bat at all times, get more bat speed, and I hit it just as far if not further than most in my team.
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I would never let someone use my main or a new bat, other than with the bowling machine. I would only lend out my "spare"
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Given that by its very definition a slog is a huge swipe across the line, the bat weight really doesn't matter...