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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: tajy86 on July 25, 2013, 11:10:22 AM
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Hi Guys, since the new Spartan range hasn't released in Australia yet I was wondering if anyone in the UK has been able to go and have a look at some of the Spartan bats. Is there any difference in the SVR, MP and MC ranges? Thanks
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Buying bats based on endorsed players and stickers isn't wise
Most pros are sponsored to use STICKERS not necessarily the bats
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To answer your question
No they are all £100 Indian bats being sold at a lot more but with different coloured stickers
Buy a PR or SS at half the price if you want an Indian bat
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Have seen the MC and CG ranges personally, did nto get a look at the MP range.
They just vary in grades basically.
@Garrett- do you know where to get PR bats from ?
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See Uzi Sports have got these on their website now too.
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Have seen the MC and CG ranges personally, did nto get a look at the MP range.
They just vary in grades basically.
@Garrett- do you know where to get PR bats from ?
Yes, I can get PR bats if you would like some
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Hi
I saw the MC and the MP range of bats at my local stockist and with the eye, I could see no difference between the bat shapes. Yes, they are expensive but the ones Ihave seen in matches have gone well.
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Yes, I can get PR bats if you would like some
Can you show us some examples? Prices etc?
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Buying bats based on endorsed players and stickers isn't wise
Most pros are sponsored to use STICKERS not necessarily the bats
Dunno, some folk just like to use gear that their heroes use, if they like the bat, they will look after it carefully and also gives a psychological boost to their batting, as they are using a bat that their favourite batsman is using. If you were to take the stickers off, I'm sure people couldn't tell the difference between a £150 plain bat and the Spartan, but stickers do inspire confidence of some sort. Of course, you could just buy the stickers etc, but we are all against fake stickers. ;)
From a glance, there doesn't seem to be much difference between the MP, SVR and MC ranges, but the CG profile does have a lower swell compared to the other three.
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Saw MC's on Owzat for the first time and Im really tempted..
http://www.owzat-cricket.co.uk/acatalog/Spartan_Michael_Clarke_MC_2000_Cricket_Bat_2013.html (http://www.owzat-cricket.co.uk/acatalog/Spartan_Michael_Clarke_MC_2000_Cricket_Bat_2013.html)
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Is that a picture of a real bat?
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Hey thanks for the responses guys, does anyone own a spartan? How does it go?
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Hey thanks for the responses guys, does anyone own a spartan? How does it go?
I played against somebody who had a MC 1000; he scored a half-tonne and it made a satisfying sound. To be honest it didn't go any better or worse than any of the other brands on offer (Kook, GN, GM etc) but it certainly held it's own and appeared to have a substantial middle.
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I played against somebody who had a MC 1000; he scored a half-tonne and it made a satisfying sound. To be honest it didn't go any better or worse than any of the other brands on offer (Kook, GN, GM etc) but it certainly held it's own and appeared to have a substantial middle.
I own a Spartan it's last years CG model from oz and I haven't made the runs with it I want to but when I net and play it sounds above the other bats being used and I didn't mind paying the extra to be different as I think it was one if the first proper ones to be in the uk and its a stunner
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Who makes Spartan bats? Is it SG, SS or a another bat maker?
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Is it a Spartan that Matt Prior has started to use? If so he ain't getting on that well with his.
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Is it a Spartan that Matt Prior has started to use? If so he ain't getting on that well with his.
yes , prior is now sponsored by Spartan and doesn't seemed to be working for him and they are rumoured to be also trying to get kevin pieterson to use there gear
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yes , prior is now sponsored by Spartan and doesn't seemed to be working for him and they are rumoured to be also trying to get kevin pieterson to use there gear
I wonder if his wicket keeping gear has changed to as that has not been up to his usual standard this summer. :(
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I wonder if his wicket keeping gear has changed to as that has not been up to his usual standard this summer. :(
yes his keeping gear is Spartan but you cant have all 11 played in there best form at one time just give him
time he will soon be back to his best
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Who makes Spartan bats? Is it SG, SS or a another bat maker?
I spoke to the sales manager for SS in Australia last week. SS are making Spartan and also the Australian market Puma's.
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yes his keeping gear is Spartan but you cant have all 11 played in there best form at one time just give him
time he will soon be back to his best
Matt Prior is one of my favorite players. He can do no wrong for me because when you need someone when your back is to the wall then Matt would be one of my 1st picks. I was asking as I have found that a lot of cricketers and golfers when changing their equipment tend to suffer with form for a while :(
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Matt Prior is one of my favorite players. He can do no wrong for me because when you need someone when your back is to the wall then Matt would be one of my 1st picks. I was asking as I have found that a lot of cricketers and golfers when changing their equipment tend to suffer with form for a while :(
yeah very true when Jonathan trot changed for GM to new balanced he couldn't buy a run and at this moment
I think its the same but it just took him time
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I spoke to the sales manager for SS in Australia last week. SS are making Spartan and also the Australian market Puma's.
So " in my opinion" they are nothing special. MC etc have probably done it for the money. No shock there then :D
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So " in my opinion" they are nothing special. MC etc have probably done it for the money. No shock there then :D
I haven't used one so couldn't really say if they are special or not. Having the bats come out of the SS factory though doesn't necessarily make them SS. I can't comment about the spartan bats as i don't know the arrangement within the factory re the manufacturing of them. But the SS guy did tell me that the Puma bats were made in a completely separate part of the factory. There is no overlap between the Puma and SS bats even though they both come from the same factory. So it is possible that the different brands are producing vastly different products even though they share the same factory.
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Mass produced Indian bats and the only thing these bats have in common with Clarke and Priors bats are the stickers. Better off supporting a bat maker on here and lets not all be a tragic victim of marketing!!
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Some of the "mass produced" Indian bats I own perform better than than some of my UK made bats.
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Looks like Spartan have Dean Jones as a brand ambassador, and he has done some video reviews on YT.
Spartan MC Tour Bat (Really love the stickers!)
http://youtu.be/7r5zH4BM1w4 (http://youtu.be/7r5zH4BM1w4)
GC Authority
http://youtu.be/VOuHUbmBFxI (http://youtu.be/VOuHUbmBFxI)
SVR
http://youtu.be/hMULrET88kc (http://youtu.be/hMULrET88kc)
Must say that MC shape is beautiful...
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A Grade two SS bat for £200 lol. A top of the range grade 1++ SS is £260 posted from India.
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Not seen many stock the long blade cg model
Maybe that will change this year
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Went to my local sports shop looking for some new shoes for gym and saw there was a few discount bins at the front with cricket gear and had a look to find all kid gear. One of the girls told me the mens cricket stuff was on sale aswell and went over to see that spartan and kookaburra were 40% off cause they were last years models. Only grip i have with the bat is the stickers on the back are peeling i have heard the stickers ain't the best of quality but i can now see that for myself.
Picked up a Spartan Fighter bat Picked up fairly well and for only $120 Aud i think thats around 65 pounds i could be wrong tho. Gave it a oil and a knock in and took it down to the nets and my oh my the balls were flying off the bat very nice bat to play with. I must not of knocked it in fully had seam marks on the bat and From digging out a yorker a little crack nothing major. Here are some pics after the knocking in and oiling.
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/387/jdut.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/jdut.jpg/)
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1579/cjsj.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/cjsj.jpg/)
(http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6093/s93h.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/s93h.jpg/)
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6461/bn2t.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/34/bn2t.jpg/)
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Good looking bat for $120.
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will second that. great looking bat for AUD 120