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Title: Grey Nicolls Beast?? Any info?
Post by: leeroy on January 27, 2014, 04:25:35 PM

Hey I was wondering if anyone has used or owned one of these bats before? Cant find any info on the net about these bats. I'm looking at getting a cheaper long blade bat to try as my coach has recommended that I give one a go to help counter me falling over the ball and getting out LBW which I've almost exclusively done this year   >:(  I just want to see if a long blade works for me before ordering a bat off one of the sponsors here. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gray-Nicholls-cricket-bat-Beast-long-blade-/121261255403 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gray-Nicholls-cricket-bat-Beast-long-blade-/121261255403)  It doesn't look the best but it should do the job.

Title: Re: Grey Nicolls Beast?? Any info?
Post by: imran75 on January 27, 2014, 04:43:57 PM

Not got any info on the bat, it looks absolutely massive though! I'd be interested in hearing why your coach thinks that a longer blade would help with your falling over.

Title: Re: Grey Nicolls Beast?? Any info?
Post by: leeroy on January 27, 2014, 05:17:56 PM

Yeah it does look pretty big. He was commenting because of my height (6'3) that I'm hunching over too much with the smaller bat and that a long blade might help me to stand a bit taller.

Title: Re: Grey Nicolls Beast?? Any info?
Post by: imran75 on January 27, 2014, 05:23:40 PM

Ah ok. That makes complete sense. Well, for about AUD60 you can't really go wrong!

Title: Re: Grey Nicolls Beast?? Any info?
Post by: leeroy on January 27, 2014, 05:47:48 PM

I'm hoping there is not too much of a bidding frenzy at the end so I can snap it up real cheap as I've already spent a bit of cash this week hahaha

Title: Re: Grey Nicolls Beast?? Any info?
Post by: jamesisapayne on January 27, 2014, 06:33:32 PM

Looks almost identical shape to the UK Phoenix from a few years ago, with the spine like that

(http://www.cricketbatsusa.com/images/thumbs/0002339_300.jpeg)

Title: Re: Grey Nicolls Beast?? Any info?
Post by: Tom on January 27, 2014, 07:33:22 PM

The Beast was a Phoenix sub model in Australian, only in heavier weights (2lb 12+). Could be up to 10 years old.

Title: Re: Grey Nicolls Beast?? Any info?
Post by: leeroy on January 28, 2014, 05:35:06 AM

Thanks for the info Tom. Its helped me to gather a bit more knowledge now which is great. It really does look like a beast haha up around 3lbs. Might have to start doing some weights  :-[ It must have sat in a cupboard for the last 10 years by the looks. Barely a mark on it.

Title: Re: Grey Nicolls Beast?? Any info?
Post by: leeroy on January 28, 2014, 05:38:52 AM

Its funny in the description I found it talks about the bat having 30mm edges as an extreme thing. Thats how much bats have changed just in the last 10 or so years haha