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General Cricket => Players => Topic started by: Rowan on October 19, 2013, 08:15:14 AM

Title: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: Rowan on October 19, 2013, 08:15:14 AM
Ive just seen this posted on Instagram by a member of spartan, Kunal Sharma, who has said that these are Michael Clarke's stickered up bats. I was very interested to see that every one of the bats is almost half heartwood. What are your view's and pinions on this, why does he like it?.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BR4dw5mCAAAteCK.jpg)
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: Vitas Cricket on October 19, 2013, 08:19:19 AM
Kunal is the owner of Spartan.

I would be amazed if they were Clarkes actual bats, he hasn't shown a preference for lots of heartwood before, to my knowledge at least.

This is the bat he scored the bucket load of runs with:

(http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac110/Phantom_VE/33C806DC-70BB-492E-BCC8-647768AADEE6-2431-000002F5CE96E475.jpg)
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: Rowan on October 19, 2013, 08:23:10 AM
Kunal is the owner of Spartan.

I would be amazed if they were Clarkes actual bats, he hasn't shown a preference for lots of heartwood before, to my knowledge at least.

This is the bat he scored the bucket load of runs with:

([url]http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac110/Phantom_VE/33C806DC-70BB-492E-BCC8-647768AADEE6-2431-000002F5CE96E475.jpg[/url])


You can see, even after the refurb that he still uses the same bat.
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: TangoWhiskey on October 19, 2013, 09:07:15 AM
Kunal is the owner of Spartan.

I would be amazed if they were Clarkes actual bats, he hasn't shown a preference for lots of heartwood before, to my knowledge at least.

This is the bat he scored the bucket load of runs with:

([url]http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac110/Phantom_VE/33C806DC-70BB-492E-BCC8-647768AADEE6-2431-000002F5CE96E475.jpg[/url])


Why has all the wood delaminated only from the middle of his bat and no where else? That has never happened to any of mine before!  :-[
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: Rowan on October 19, 2013, 09:12:38 AM
Haha I havent hit 100,000 balls with my bat, maybe thats why!
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: tim2000s on October 19, 2013, 09:24:34 AM
Because he is a much better player than you and hits a greater percentage of of the middle....

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Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: ProWannabe88 on October 19, 2013, 09:46:25 AM
In an old kit video when they showed the Aussies MC was really finicky about his bats and they all had perfect faces. No heartwood whatsoever. They were slazenger bats but I hardly think he will have changed. The only person worse than him and hussey was Ricky Ponting. Apparently they all used to hide Pontings favourite bats just to wind him up ha ha.
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: TangoWhiskey on October 19, 2013, 09:49:29 AM
Haha I havent hit 100,000 balls with my bat, maybe thats why!

Well yeah, that was kind of my point... ;)
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on October 19, 2013, 09:49:49 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BR4dw5mCAAAteCK.jpg)
3rd one from the left looks perfect to me!
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: RaepTiem on November 06, 2013, 07:17:44 AM
2 things I have against this. #1, clarke is a perfectionist with his kit, and should hate any heartwood. #2, the stickers don't look right. it looks similar to those on the condemned fake spartans our friend Jason Mellet uncovered. however, i could be wrong.
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: Alvaro on November 06, 2013, 07:44:41 AM
Doesn't he use those naff jingoistic stickers these days?
Title: Re: Michael Clarke and Heartwood.
Post by: Twelfth Man on November 06, 2013, 07:52:35 AM
I actually dread to think how many bats Pup is given