Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Your Kit => Topic started by: Neon Cricket on January 10, 2014, 02:56:23 PM
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So I'm sat in work bored stiff and I've been having a think... What would your perfect bat be?
Personally I'd go for 8-9 grains - straight as possible, touch of heartwood on the outside edge, weight around 2.8 with a generous spine height (not fussy over edges personally!), nice gentle bow too.
Would be interesting to see what everyone looks for in a bat!
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I genuinely couldn't care what it looks like on the face.
I suppose nice grain is a bonus, but I would just go for..
2lb 10/11oz, real nice pick up.
No concaving, high spine.
Awesome performance.
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pretty much anything that I haven't had to pay for.
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8-9 grains. 1/2 inch longer blade. huge middle about 3lb. Oh wait, that's my new match bat!
Seriously though, as above but looks aren't an issue, so long as it performs. If a grade 5 covered dog performs better than a super duper pooper scooper grade 1, I'll take it!
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perfect handle and nicely balanced
i dont care if it is concaved, convex or whatever as long as it feels right and doesnt just have a middle.
all bats have a half decent middle, its when you hit it a little higher up or lower down that you can tell a decent bat.
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perfect handle and nicely balanced
i dont care if it is concaved, convex or whatever as long as it feels right and doesnt just have a middle.
all bats have a half decent middle, its when you hit it a little higher up or lower down that you can tell a decent bat.
100 per cent right john unlike you mate half of us don't find the middle that of often I recon maybe 1 in 10 as a average
Always said coverage
Between 2-7 and 2-9 got to feel right in the hands.
Prefer no heartwood but if it has no worries has to be curved at the bottom edge and if no bow is evident a curved edge making it looked bowed Balance and feel
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2lb7 - 2lb9
Oval handle
Extra half grip on the bottom
Mid middle
Light pickup
7-9 grains with a couple of blemishes on the face
Heartwood on the outside edge (non essential)
Not fussed about edges size or concaving, as long as the middle position is right and it's pressed well it will perform well.
Minus the heartwood which was non essential I basically described my new bats! ;)
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15-20 grains
no heartwood or blemishes
40mm edges
70mm spine
no concaving
thickish semi oval handle
finished weight of 2'11
for 120GBP or less ;)
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Long wide middle
Perfect weight
Ideal pick up
Round handle.
Warranty against breakage
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6-12 straigh grains,
no heartwood
Mid - High middle with large coverage up and down
really thick oval handle
good pick up
if it feels right, and pings well with a high middle then im happy
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15-20 grains
no heartwood or blemishes
40mm edges
70mm spine
no concaving
thickish semi oval handle
finished weight of 2'11
for 120GBP or less ;)
Some bat that would be!!!
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Some bat that would be!!!
Lol...haha i know...it says perfect bat...i willing to compromise on pick-up ;)
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Haha! If only that was possible...
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Haha! If only that was possible...
I am sure it is possible if you remove the last requirement in my original post :)...hence that is most important and unachievable....
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I reckon 65mm spine and it could be done for £450!!
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I reckon 65mm spine and it could be done for £450!!
Can you create any off these perfect bats Garrett? And if so at what price?
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Strauss's GN Legend
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(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd117/fake_street_spirit/null_zpsf6d11499.jpg)
This one.
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Can you create any off these perfect bats Garrett? And if so at what price?
I'll take it up as a challenge ... To be completed in 2014
£250 max
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Im yet to find my perfect Bat but the ca10000 I picked up last year feels damn nice and pings like a dream.