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General Cricket => Players => Topic started by: 19reading87 on November 13, 2012, 09:26:23 AM

Title: Martin Guptill's bats
Post by: 19reading87 on November 13, 2012, 09:26:23 AM
Came across these on Twitter. Also had a tweet from him saying he uses 2.10 batswith 2 grips

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Title: Re: Martin Guptill's bats
Post by: Kulli on November 13, 2012, 09:29:26 AM
Wonder what the green handled one is for T20?
Title: Re: Martin Guptill's bats
Post by: 19reading87 on November 13, 2012, 09:31:45 AM
Yer it does look massive
Title: Re: Martin Guptill's bats
Post by: toby176 on November 13, 2012, 09:37:00 AM
The green handle one also looks to have more concave going on.
Title: Re: Martin Guptill's bats
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on November 13, 2012, 10:04:05 AM
Not sure how they make such massive bats with at this weight.

2.10 with 2 grips would mean around 2.7 without grip.

Certainly  Low density clefts and softly pressed.
Title: Re: Martin Guptill's bats
Post by: johnnyw on November 13, 2012, 10:07:38 AM
The green gripped one also has the spine running down to the toe
Title: Re: Martin Guptill's bats
Post by: smokem on November 13, 2012, 10:15:51 AM
The green gripped one also has the spine running down to the toe
And the darker shadow suggests it has more concaving. But hard to really tell without a photo from the toe up.
Title: Re: Martin Guptill's bats
Post by: uknsaunders on November 13, 2012, 10:16:13 AM
something a little odd with the green handled one. Had tape added on the grip and as Johnny says it's spine runs down to the bottom. Would also appear bigger with a higher spine, concaving possibly. Looks like that guy is stickering it up as well.
Title: Re: Martin Guptill's bats
Post by: Perkins17 on November 13, 2012, 11:38:03 AM
Not sure how they make such massive bats with at this weight.

2.10 with 2 grips would mean around 2.7 without grip.

Certainly  Low density clefts and softly pressed.

They don't necessarily have to be low density clefts or softly pressed but a pro bat in cleft form will weigh 3-14 or below which you will find in consumer bats its just the skill of getting the right cleft for the right shape. Don't know much about kooka's pressing but they could be softly pressed but that does not make a great difference to the size IMO