Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Jogetnz on August 20, 2013, 08:34:23 AM
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As the story goes this bat was donated by Brendon McCullum to a charity for them to sell. What you see is all I know about the bat, it looks a decent lump of wood to my untrained eye, absolutely no idea what the pickup or performance will be like and I didn't buy it for the signature, that will come off straight away.
What sucked me in was the weight, I will let a few guess then post the answer.
The bat has not arrived yet, I will post more when it does. Paid NZ$350, £175.
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2'8
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I'll go 2lb7.5oz
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2'7
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2lb7 or 2lb8
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2'9.5
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Well guessed by most, 2.7lbs!
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I don't think I've ever seen a Puma 'Reserve' grade bat before but I have two 6000 (Pro) grade bats in the Bat Stable. Neither has been used yet but the rebound is pretty good on both. I was most impressed with the pick up. Both weigh 2'8 but the Cabolt has a long low middle however picks up like a high middle bat.
Would be interested to hear what you make of the weight to size ratio too. Both mine as pretty big for their weight.
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I have noticed lot of Pros use bats around 2'7 , but most of club cricketers like us tend to use bats around 2'9-2'10.
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I have noticed lot of Pros use bats around 2'7 , but most of club cricketers like us tend to use bats around 2'9-2'10.
Most likely because we dont have quick bouncy pitches to play on and our reaction speeds don't need to be as good. Pro players can block deliveries that will still go to the boundary! Therefore you don't need as much weight in a bat because you can use the pace of the ball to your advantage.
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Well I now have said bat in hand. I would post more pics but due to an unfortunate combination of bubbly, my cellphone and the restaurants concret floor I don't have a camera at the moment.
Unfortunately the online conversion from grams to pounds caught me out, it weighs 1225grams, which when plugged into the converter returned 2.7lbs, which I read as 2lb 7 ounces which is wrong, it actually weighs 2lbs 11 which if I had realised I would not have bought it. That being said its still a reasonable piece of wood for that weight, it's certainly bigger than my H4L which weighs the same. The bat has 41mm edges and 65mm spine, and a reasonably thick toe at 30mm and has a lot of timber throughout the length of the bat. It has minimal concaving and a slight bow. 11 grains with a touch of heartwood on the inside edge.
The handle is very interesting, it has what I would say is a standard oval at the bottom but then tapers to an extremely thin top of the handle with what appears to be a counterbalance weight taped at the top of the handle, I have not taken the tape off but will do so when I have acess to a camera.
It would appear that he didn't spend too much time breaking it in as it does have a number of seam marks showing, funnily enough 90% of these are right in the middle of the bat up and down the length of the bat, very few on the edge, from how easy this bat leaves seam marks I can say that it actually has had very little use and I suspect has only been used indoors as the toe is clean with a touch of scuffing. It does have a small crack at the toe where it has a depression from a Yorker but this won't be an issues.
It does have a great pickup, feels lighter than my H4L which is a bat I consider picks up well.
Response wise its good, no better than my H4L, I'm going to spend some time with the mallet on it and see if it makes any difference.
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shame about the mix up with the weights but still looks a cracking bat, keep us posted how it performs when played in mate
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nice review.
Is it full size? heard a few people saying BCM uses a slightly shorter blade due to his height
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nice review.
Is it full size? heard a few people saying BCM uses a slightly shorter blade due to his height
Yip, full size.
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2lb 11oz
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Well guessed by most, 2.7lbs!
2lb 11oz
It's 2lb 7oz Dean
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Dean is correct, if you look through the thread. It weighs 2.7 lb, which is 2lb 11oz....
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Ahh my bad :-[
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i just looke at frist post at posted couldnt be arsed to read the rest of the post as i cant be fxxxxxxxd
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New phone onboard so here are a few more pics. The first one shows a comparison with an Bulldog custom supposedly in a Dhoni profile which has exactly the same bow. The other bat is my Hattatori stickered as a Tempo. All bats are basically the same weight. I have taken of the scuff sheet and have given it a light sanding and oil. Turns out it did not have a counter balance, just tape.
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I have now thickend up the top of the handle with tape and have tried to give a counter balance a go. 2 ounces of lead tape have been applied plus 1 1/2 grips. When the bar was stripped down it weighed 2lb 9oz, now ways 2lb 14oz, pickup still feels good.