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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: smilley792 on February 16, 2014, 11:06:50 PM
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looks like no puma I've ever seen.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h76/smilley792/20140216_225709_zps5eed0ff1.jpg)
but i like it alot. could be my next shape for b3 to make.
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Laver and wood I would bet all my bats on it
Shorter blade too
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Laver and wood I would bet all my bats on it
Shorter blade too
I'd be very happy to take this bet with you pal
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I'm not up on lavers, I've only real seen a few on here, but don't recall one being to that shape.
If they do, point me in it's direction please.
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It reminds me of someones bat but I can't think who right now!
Looks like it has very little concaving?
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What puma range is he using?
Never seen them stickers before..
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Look at the toe all I'm saying and look at all his pictures on crickinfo and unless he has changed recently which I doubt
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not sure on model. wade of Australia has same but no news on release from puma and it isn't in the UK 2014 range
another angle
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h76/smilley792/20140216_232209_zps3e3bee88.jpg)
on the telly it looked slightly.concave, but my phones doesn't seem to have picked that up
Also well bat B mac 150 up
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Back sticker a big give away as well his sponsor sticker
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Looks a bit SS Ton to me... Looking at that second picture at least!
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I'd be very happy to take this bet with you pal
Puma made it under licence
He surely is using it well so is Watling
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If McCullum only played against Bangladesh and India he'd be a world beater.
Incredibly overrated. Feasts on the lesser bowling attacks.
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If McCullum only played against Bangladesh and India he'd be a world beater.
Incredibly overrated. Feasts on the lesser bowling attacks.
Is that due to the profile?
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Is that due to the profile?
Yeah probably...
That low sweet spot wouldn't help if Mitch or Dale are whizzing it past his nose
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I'm impressed that he switches well between the formats!
From an ultra destructive T20, he is proving to be a quality test batsman and seems to be able to show good patience!
Very nice profile of bat, but I suspect he could use a cheap Kashmir bat and still at better than all of us!
I bet Kholi is gutted to have dropped him when he was on 9 runs! 154 runs later Kholi must surely have his blood boiling!
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I'm impressed that he switches well between the formats!
From an ultra destructive T20, he is proving to be a quality test batsman and seems to be able to show good patience!
Very nice profile of bat, but I suspect he could use a cheap Kashmir bat and still at better than all of us!
I bet Kholi is gutted to have dropped him when he was on 9 runs! 154 runs later Kholi must surely have his blood boiling!
Been dropped 3 times...
Shows how dreadful the Indian fielder are.
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I won't criticise the Indian fielding as England haven't fielded ( or caught) well during the Ashes, and even for longer!
But to be fair, most batsmen get dropped on their way to a ton!
I thought he got dropped by Kholi on 9 and Shama on 36? It didn't show a third drop?
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I won't criticise the Indian fielding as England haven't fielded ( or caught) well during the Ashes, and even for longer!
But to be fair, most batsmen get dropped on their way to a ton!
I thought he got dropped by Kholi on 9 and Shama on 36? It didn't show a third drop?
Dhawan dropped him in the 140s.
Hard chance, but be taken at Test level.
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I wouldn't call that a true chance! 2-3 inches nearer and it would have been.
Id call that a half chance though.
But that is not an issue! He has batted well (as he did when he got his 200+ not long ago!) and is looking good!
I find some people's attitude strange! When Stokes got that ton, most people just well done and well batted fella!
But one or two said, "he only got the ton cos the bowlers did this, or that, or the other!"
That attitude is not cricket like and stinks of either arrogance or bitterness!
We know BMc is not the best bat in the Test format but surely you're humble enough to realise he has batted well with his 225 and his current innings?
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I wouldn't call that a true chance! 2-3 inches nearer and it would have been.
Id call that a half chance though.
But that is not an issue! He has batted well (as he did when he got his 200+ not long ago!) and is looking good!
I find some people's attitude strange! When Stokes got that ton, most people just well done and well batted fella!
But one or two said, "he only got the ton cos the bowlers did this, or that, or the other!"
That attitude is not cricket like and stinks of either arrogance or bitterness!
We know BMc is not the best bat in the Test format but surely you're humble enough to realise he has batted well with his 225 and his current innings?
I'm not bitter towards McCullum.
I'm just pointing out his best performances are against the workman like Indian attack.
Yes he played well, but Stokes' ton was against a world class attack, so whether the match was dead or not it was a top effort. He was a rookie to boot, well second cap, but still a baby to Test cricket.
McCullum needs to get these kind of scores again South Africa, might be easier now Mitch has humbled us..., Australia or England. These are proper Test attacks and innings against those side enhance a players standing within the game IMO.
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Yes - all good points.
I realise that India don't have the best bowling attack but they are reasonable.
And to concentrate for this long is admirable.
It does look as though his form is good currently so a shame they are not playing a top class bowling attack as it would be a challenge!
If playing against England he'd do well anyway, as no matter how well we bowl, we'd drop him several times so he'd have a few lives! ;)
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If McCullum only played against Bangladesh and India he'd be a world beater.
Incredibly overrated. Feasts on the lesser bowling attacks.
About as overrated as the SA team at the moment…
Did you ever see his T20 100 Vs Australia? Overrated pfffft! Match winner who will fail at times but is amazing when he is on song.
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I saw 2 springs in the handle in a cricinfo pic yesterday. I thought all Laver handle have 3. Any other handles with 2 springs besides SCAT?
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Back sticker a big give away as well his sponsor sticker
CricHQ is Brendan's own company, with Daniel Vettori I think.
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Potzy248, it looks not too dissimilar to some bats you recently received.
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Potzy248, it looks not too dissimilar to some bats you recently received.
His looks a little smaller than those ones.
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Here's the pic showing the top of the handle...
(http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/178900/178933.jpg)
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Having said that, the bat looks to have some concaving. And the way the toe is rounded is quite distinctive and un-SCAT like...
(http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/178900/178913.jpg)
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Id say Indian made. I'm sure he gets the pick of the bunch and with so many good bats coming out of India now I don't see why he wouldn't.
On another note. Martin Crowe must be crossing his fingers hoping BMac gets NZ's first ever triple. Long way off but cmon McCullum!
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He has every chance of getting to the triple - if you want to set batting records, you won't find too many nicer bowling lineups to face than India, especially now that they have their heads down
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He also has a pronounced knob at the top of the handle just like Kallis' Slazenger.
Looking forward to tomorrow,
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He has every chance of getting to the triple - if you want to set batting records, you won't find too many nicer bowling lineups to face than India, especially now that they have their heads down
He surely deserves that triple.. very well played!
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I saw 2 springs in the handle in a cricinfo pic yesterday. I thought all Laver handle have 3. Any other handles with 2 springs besides SCAT?
I have 2 Puma's with two springs on them.
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He deserves the triple and I hope he gets there. I think the best India can hope for is now a draw, and they need to be careful as NZ will be fired up when bowling.
Anyone knows what weight his bat might be?
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I have 2 Puma's with two springs on them.
I have a laver with a 2 sprung handle.
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He deserves the triple and I hope he gets there. I think the best India can hope for is now a draw, and they need to be careful as NZ will be fired up when bowling.
Anyone knows what weight his bat might be?
The bat I have of his weighed 2-11, my review of it is here
http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=26326.msg413247#msg413247 (http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=26326.msg413247#msg413247)
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Mg2 bats have 2 springs I think. Will have a look when I get home
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2-11 is slightly higher that I would have thought, would have guessed maybe 2-7 or 2-8. Thanks for the info mate.
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Not just 300, think he's got a chance for 400+ now
Would be a great effort
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2-11 is slightly higher that I would have thought, would have guessed maybe 2-7 or 2-8. Thanks for the info mate.
I agree with you, I suspect it might have been why he discarded it. He does have a fair amount of customisation done on his handles thou.
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Id say Indian made. I'm sure he gets the pick of the bunch and with so many good bats coming out of India now I don't see why he wouldn't.
I know India likes to take credit for everything but pretty sure Rob's made a few for him in the last year or two. Not everything comes from India!
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Been dropped 3 times...
Shows how dreadful the Indian fielder are.
South Africa dropped a few too in the last test to allow marsh and co get tons.
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South Africa dropped a few too in the last test to allow marsh and co get tons.
England did too during the winter. Seems to be going around, then again,India have never been the best at catching.
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The NZ commentators were talking about how he scrapes away the bottom of the handle to leave a very narrow bottom hand grip that he can strangle with his bottom hand..
also the CricHQ sticker on the back of his bat is a NZ cricket scoring company that does live scoring for the majority of clubs in New Zealand and its starting to spread all over the place. I believe he is a brand ambassador, nothing to do with the ownership or running of the company itself.
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2-11 is slightly higher that I would have thought, would have guessed maybe 2-7 or 2-8. Thanks for the info mate.
IMO, I think around 2-9/2-10 and counter-weighted at the top of the handle to make the pickup more like a 2-7/2-8.
edit: just read the link Jogetnz posted and it's fiarly similar to what I'd imagined...
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England did too during the winter. Seems to be going around, then again,India have never been the best at catching.
I seem to remember when Strauss was captain, England dropping 9 or 10 in one innings against Sri Lanka - we should have won that Test but we gifted them the test with all those dropped catches!
The point is that catching is a part if the game and 99% of people hitting a ton are dropped at least once! Very rare that someone gets there without a bit of luck! McCullum was dropped twice on his way, but has done fantastically well to keep his concentration and have a chance of scoring a triple! Amazing that he scored a double hundred in the last Test too!
Does anyone know whether any player has ever scored a double, then a triple in successive Tests?
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http://www.kingsgrovesports.com.au/prd_125_Puma-evoSPEED-5000-14-Cricket-Bat.aspx (http://www.kingsgrovesports.com.au/prd_125_Puma-evoSPEED-5000-14-Cricket-Bat.aspx)
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Langer scored back to back triple hundreds for Somerset once.
They were 9 months apart but still ha.
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Clarke, Sanga, Bradman, Smith and Hammond have all scored back to back doubles.
Wally Hammond has also scored a double then a triple.
Don Bradman scored a triple then a double.
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I have a rob pack puma and it has a two sprung handle......
The link by Toby, they are the stickers, but that isnt the same bat profile.
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Clarke, Sanga, Bradman, Smith and Hammond have all scored back to back doubles.
Wally Hammond has also scored a double then a triple.
Don Bradman scored a triple then a double.
Cheers fella - Hammond and Bradman! I guess no massive surprises there as they are both Gods of the batting art!
If McCullum makes the triple then he should feel honoured to be in the same company as those two!
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About as overrated as the SA team at the moment…
Did you ever see his T20 100 Vs Australia? Overrated pfffft! Match winner who will fail at times but is amazing when he is on song.
We're talking Test cricket. Aside from slogging around India and Bangladesh his Test record is dreadful.
Not hit abc giggle T20...
South Africa overrated? Whatever gets you to sleep at night pal...
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Clarke, Sanga, Bradman, Smith and Hammond have all scored back to back doubles.
Wally Hammond has also scored a double then a triple.
Don Bradman scored a triple then a double.
Sangakkara done it against the mighty Bangladesh...
Hardly worth mentioning.
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Sangakkara done it against the mighty Bangladesh...
Hardly worth mentioning.
No one was questioning the quality of innings, the question was who has done it.
Bradman did it 3 times, A random India batsman Vinod Kambli also did it and only played 17 tests. He still did it.
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Regardless of who you score runs against and the quality of attack, it's still far easier to get out than score 250+
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His bat is also a Laver, scroll through images on cricinfo. Through history he has Lavers
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Cheers fella - Hammond and Bradman! I guess no massive surprises there as they are both Gods of the batting art!
If McCullum makes the triple then he should feel honoured to be in the same company as those two!
Reckon they would let him go for the 400?
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Reckon they would let him go for the 400?
It's up to McCullum, lara famously did it and batted his team away from a result. McCullum could do it no problem.
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Pitch looks flat.
I doubt nz will bowl India out on it. If they do declare it will be a draw.
Might as well let mcullum beat Lara's record and bea draw anyway. Just have a huge party to celebrate the record!
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Pitch looks flat.
I doubt nz will bowl India out on it. If they do declare it will be a draw.
Might as well let mcullum beat Lara's record and bea draw anyway. Just have a huge party to celebrate the record!
Smart money says he will give it away well before then!
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The NZ commentators were talking about how he scrapes away the bottom of the handle to leave a very narrow bottom hand grip that he can strangle with his bottom
They got this around the wrong way, he has a very thin top handle
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So, sanga does the same thing I think. I think they cut the top off, but add that tape on top to compensate for the removed weight (so the balance remains unchanged, but the handle is now shorter).
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The NZ commentators were talking about how he scrapes away the bottom of the handle to leave a very narrow bottom hand grip that he can strangle with his bottom hand..
also the CricHQ sticker on the back of his bat is a NZ cricket scoring company that does live scoring for the majority of clubs in New Zealand and its starting to spread all over the place. I believe he is a brand ambassador, nothing to do with the ownership or running of the company itself.
He is a co owner with Stephen Fleming and Vetorri.
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In Australia last season the Puma Pulse and Kinetic had 2 rubber inserts in the handle just like McCullum's new EvoSpeed while the Platinum Black had 3 inserts and my understanding is they come from two different Indian factories with the Platinum coming from SS.
Also McCullum showed a huge amount of patience in his innings, his leaving was very good, which can be argued is relatively uncharacteristic of his batting at Test level. It has been a great innings.
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What ever the profile, it's been good for. 500 plus runs of late!
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Not sure if he's superstitious, but his bat grip looked battered, and was held together with medical tape and the lot yesterday,
Commentators were having a laugh about it, and saying his sponsors must be short of cash if they can't send him new ones.
I'm gonna presume he thought he'd get out if he changed it.
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Considering that the vast majority of players on here fit into the "very average club cricketer" category, how many of us can say that we have racked up a double-ton, let alone a triple? The concentration required to amass soooo many runs while still concentrating for every delivery is an amazing feat to say the least! I'm absolutely over the moon when I can knock up a 50 and can only stand in awe of someone that has those powers of concentration! Well done mate, keep pushing the boundaries!
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Really commendable efforts by BAZ, knowing they were 94/5 in the same innings with the same bowling attack lot of guys here are criticizing. There aren't lot of players who have scored double Tons & Triple Tons against the "weak" Indian bowling attack. Nobody should take away the feat BAZ achieved, there was a time during the test match where it looked like NZs would lose the match easily.
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I had a bat made by MG2 a couple of years ago and requested a McCullum profile. They said they had repaired a few of his bats but didn't make them. I would assume, as in NZ the only other top brand is Laver, for McCullum never to have had a bat made by MG2; he has probably been using the same company for years (I.e. Laver). I notice the SH was printed on the bat handle, not sure which companies do that but it should narrow down the bat maker as I know Puma, MG2 and Ton (I think) don't print/stamp.
In terms of the bat it lasted two years and was a belter. It weighed 2'9 and had an excellent pick up. Huge middle/profile. Minimum concaving. Nothing particularly special about the bat, as in it was a middle-high sweet spot and wasn't extravagant but it did perform and it was pretty forgiving.
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James Laver told me that he doesn't make BMs bats. I thought he said the McCullum was one of the few players that actually used the bats made by his sponsor. This was a few years ago now and may have changed since.
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I am pretty sure that laver have made for BM, although not sure if that's the case currently?
But it's accepted that some batsmen do like to try a few makers out!
And others stick to one certain maker, no matter who they are sponsored by.
But it's not really important so us mere mortals, as we would rarely get a bat made specifically for a player anyway.