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Title: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: No.4 on September 13, 2013, 01:29:13 PM
Just watching the game on sky. Banbury are all using 'Onhand' bats. I've never heard of them before. They look like nice blades from a distance. I know I could google it but thought you guys might be able to tell me a bit more about them.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: smilley792 on September 13, 2013, 01:32:45 PM
Not heard off onhand. But the pink ball is cool!
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 13, 2013, 01:34:35 PM
They sponsor a local player to us, who is on the books at Leicestershire. I've seen the stuff up close, bats look Asian made for sure. Their website (terrible website by the way) doesn't claim English made so most likely Asian. Pads and gloves look pretty bog standard.

Very, very cool duffle bag though. Big, sturdy, 2 bat sleeves either side of the bag which is a great idea.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: arsenal123 on September 13, 2013, 01:39:37 PM
I had a lam through them.  Ridiculous sized thing and went like a gun.  Seen a couple of players in the Essex League using them this year.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: Kieron_BT on September 13, 2013, 01:46:49 PM
Very, very cool duffle bag though. Big, sturdy, 2 bat sleeves either side of the bag which is a great idea.

Where is this mate? Can't seem to find anything on their website
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 13, 2013, 01:57:41 PM
Where is this mate? Can't seem to find anything on their website

Not sure. Maybe the bag was for sponsored players only, seems odd.

Website is bad though, so maybe hasn't been updated.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: smilley792 on September 13, 2013, 02:01:09 PM
Seriously never heard of them, and there website is poor!

Yet there's so many players in this team sponsored? Surely that's a recipe for bankruptcy?
Or is it a deal with there league/just cos there on telly type of thing.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: pacman75cricket on September 13, 2013, 02:09:51 PM
Sure Craig Haupt runs sports shop Onhand Sports,hencelots of their players use . Craig has played for years at Banbury long time since I played against him.  Our coachwho also coached them had a onhand bat was huge for weight pretty sure Asian made but verygood value
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: ProWannabe88 on September 13, 2013, 02:37:36 PM
Onhand - performance rebound technology.... Very interesting.... Or marketing (No Swearing Please) for laminated / illegal bat!! That would justify the edge sticker that runs almost the full length of the blade.

Still... No images to see this mystical game improver..... Then again... If it works I want one. NOW!! :)

Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: SelectCricket on September 13, 2013, 02:46:55 PM
They are made in Pakistan and are fairly low quality.
Seen so many of them break in handle and some smash into pieces.

Softs are fairly decent for the price I must say
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: smilley792 on September 13, 2013, 02:48:52 PM
Onhand - performance rebound technology.... Very interesting.... Or marketing (No Swearing Please) for laminated / illegal bat!! That would justify the edge sticker that runs almost the full length of the blade.

Still... No images to see this mystical game improver..... Then again... If it works I want one. NOW!! :)


Hmmm so are laminates not illegal at this level? Or should we phone sky now? Lol


To be honest 27for5 ain't a big score, the bats really haven't helped.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: ProWannabe88 on September 13, 2013, 02:54:41 PM

Hmmm so are laminates not illegal at this level? Or should we phone sky now? Lol


To be honest 27for5 ain't a big score, the bats really haven't helped.

Of course they are but loads of players get away with using them... It's not like football when the ref checks your studs... I've never once seen an umpire check a bat. There's plenty of the Kippax laminates in use in our area and the ECB league (Yorkshire) is full of them.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: toenails97 on September 13, 2013, 02:54:48 PM
Chester LE street are a club 3 minutes from me....come one Chester! Watch out for a lad called Liam simpson he's a handy bat and ball
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: smilley792 on September 13, 2013, 03:30:47 PM
Of course they are but loads of players get away with using them... It's not like football when the ref checks your studs... I've never once seen an umpire check a bat. There's plenty of the Kippax laminates in use in our area and the ECB league (Yorkshire) is full of them.


Collegiate from the Yorkshire ecb league play in our midweek division. I'm gonna check there bats next season and report to umps. Lol.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: tommo256 on September 13, 2013, 03:33:52 PM
Who's in the finals?
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: smilley792 on September 13, 2013, 03:40:30 PM
No one. It's raining!


Wimbledon vs Banbury
Chester le street vs ormskirk
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: the little ripper on September 13, 2013, 03:45:30 PM
ooohh I love a good bowl out
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: horseman on September 13, 2013, 04:01:39 PM
How did the bowl out go?
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: Bulldog Cricket on September 13, 2013, 04:11:41 PM
Feel for the teams at the oval. Just hope they can organise a reserve day.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: smilley792 on September 13, 2013, 04:18:20 PM
How did the bowl out go?

Not well.

Wimbledon 3/10
Banbury 1/9


Short balls, wide blls, full tosses. The pressure really seemed to effect them
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: 19reading87 on September 13, 2013, 10:01:46 PM
 Currently using onhand sports pads
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: petehosk on September 14, 2013, 12:43:13 AM
On hand are indeed Pakistan made. Not the best finished by a long chalk!
Have seen and tried loads as they are around the Oxfordshire area!
One of the guys who has links to on hand is a coach so they have another outlet for their bats and softs - to semi decent colts and club players who they coach.
I wouldn't bother adding one of their bats to my collection but some do perform! But they seem to age and look tatty quickly.
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: 19reading87 on September 14, 2013, 07:37:17 AM
They have new stickers for the season and the ones I've seen seem to fly quickly, due to the soft pressing. The stickers a few years ago were bloody rank!!

Shame for Banbury to go out the way they did. I played against 1 of them the other week and saw my mate in the crowd.

A real shame the day was sorted via a bowl out. Surely they should have rescheduled it for April next year?!?!
Title: Re: ECB Club Finals Day
Post by: 123* on September 14, 2013, 09:15:07 AM
Think it had to be sorted on the day as the winners go to Barbados or somewhere as a reward.