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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: Hammer Cricket on November 18, 2013, 05:45:26 PM

Title: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: Hammer Cricket on November 18, 2013, 05:45:26 PM: I've got two of Chris Gayles old bats here in my workshop for some repairs..obviously not his current bats..

The one is from Mervyn Dillon who lives here in Dallas now and the other from a hit youngster from Jamaica who also plays locally...

He was saying when he was here now a lot of the Ihsan bats Chris was using were actually just Newbery bats which Chris used to put his Ihsan stickers on...

Can anyone tell what shape from Newbery these two bats may be... They both have the same profile and are around 3lbs

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Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: Sam on November 18, 2013, 05:54:25 PM: Possibly a GT? Or is the middle a tad too high? A lot of newbery shapes are very similar anyway!

(http://www.cricketrepublic.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/300x300/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/n/e/newbery-gt-335_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: The_Bird on November 18, 2013, 05:57:54 PM: B52 it looks like.
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: smilley792 on November 18, 2013, 06:18:43 PM: Would he not have had custom adds by newbury?

I know Gaylestorm uses long blade Sides only in spartan(if they are spartan) but one of the, is clearly a short handle?
Has he switched at some point
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: Alvaro on November 18, 2013, 06:21:22 PM: I understand they have had some use, but how do they compare to the bats you sell to the man on the street?
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: tushar sehgal on November 18, 2013, 06:33:00 PM: Looks similar this but bigger and no concaving...atleast to me...if yes then its supposed to be screaming cat series 1 profile i think...

(http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc453/tusharsehgal/IMG_3819_zpsb75b89ca.jpg) (http://s1212.photobucket.com/user/tusharsehgal/media/IMG_3819_zpsb75b89ca.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: csnew on November 18, 2013, 09:14:35 PM: B52 XL
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: jamesisapayne on November 18, 2013, 09:59:19 PM: Quote from: csnew on November 18, 2013, 09:14:35 PM
B52 XL

2nd that
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: JB on November 18, 2013, 10:10:11 PM: If I get time tomorrow i'll post some pics of my 2.14 B52, you can see how it compares.
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: toenails97 on November 18, 2013, 10:13:25 PM: Does remind me of a B52 with chunkier edges
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: Leddster138 on November 19, 2013, 09:47:55 AM: Quote from: jamesisapayne on November 18, 2013, 09:59:19 PM
2nd that

Yep certainly B52 XL'ish Long Blade and Long Handle. They were selling one of his monsters in the shop during the summer.
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: csnew on November 19, 2013, 10:48:41 AM: (http://imageshack.us/a/img132/8301/qf1a.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img822/791/zjt1.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img197/3209/7nks.JPG)
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: PM7 on November 19, 2013, 12:53:56 PM: Thats simply stunning! I wonder if Ryan or Dom could make that profile in 2.9? I cant find the Kelsall Custom or DS section on the forum, where is it located?
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: rbblack on November 19, 2013, 01:57:15 PM: As far as I know, from when being in at the county ground shop, the shape is a custom LBLH and the one they've had lying around in the shop (a reject of his) weighs 3.4 and is beastly in size. It doesn't really look like a B52 in the flesh I don't think.
Title: Re: Chris Gayles old bats
Post by: Hammer Cricket on November 20, 2013, 02:55:15 AM: These are old bats remember... Could be 5-10 years

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