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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: cheese on April 11, 2014, 04:09:05 PM

Title: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: cheese on April 11, 2014, 04:09:05 PM
In a net Yesterday I hit a half volley outside of stump, instead of creaming it I toed it and it made the most horrific plinking sound and vibrated like something in a porn stars draw!
Ever since, the bat as vibrated horribly, whenever i hit the ball a mm under the sweet spot it sounds terrible and vibrates terribly.
Having inspected the toe at the front I can see no visible damage, I can't look at the back as it's covered by stickers and I don't want to remove them.
Can you tell a bat is gone just by noise and feel or would there have to be visable damage to be certain?
Thanks in advance
Ollie
Title: Re: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: Six Sixes Cricket on April 11, 2014, 04:13:52 PM
Have you checked the handle
Title: Re: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: Gingerbusiness on April 11, 2014, 04:26:10 PM
Quote from: d7bow on April 11, 2014, 04:13:52 PM
Have you checked the handle

Can't have delam'ed already, can it?
Title: Re: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: cheese on April 11, 2014, 04:27:41 PM
Had it since December 2012
Title: Re: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: brokenbat on April 11, 2014, 04:31:17 PM
check the handle. roll up the grip and see if there are any cracks running down into the shoulder area. that is generally where it would break from something like this.
Title: Re: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: kal_m on April 11, 2014, 04:31:49 PM
Sounds the bat has a crack somewhere. Something similar happened to my teammate a couple of weeks back,at first there was a double sound and he said it was fine and after the next practice session a very visible crack at the toe. Unfortunately it was a L&W reserve and also his favorite match bat....ouch!!!
Title: Re: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: cheese on April 11, 2014, 04:45:08 PM
There does seem to be a smallish crack on the shoulder going onto the handle...
Is this going to be terminal?
Could it require a new bat? (i wouldn't mind if it did)
Thanks Ollie
Title: Re: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: mattw on April 11, 2014, 04:49:46 PM
Quote from: cheese on April 11, 2014, 04:45:08 PM
There does seem to be a smallish crack on the shoulder going onto the handle...
Is this going to be terminal?
Could it require a new bat? (i wouldn't mind if it did)
Thanks Ollie

Pretty much most things are fixable. Might help if you post a picture of the damage and then we would be better informed.
Title: Re: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: Seniorplayer on April 11, 2014, 05:13:05 PM
If the handle is still tight in the vee and the problem is not the crack in the bat shoulder it could be that the bat handle has disintegrated roll off the grip and check the tightness of the binding grip the blade of the bat and shake the bat. Ideally to check the condition of the handle you need to remove the binding.
Title: Re: How to tell if a bats finished?
Post by: brokenbat on April 11, 2014, 05:51:11 PM
Quote from: cheese on April 11, 2014, 04:45:08 PM
There does seem to be a smallish crack on the shoulder going onto the handle...
Is this going to be terminal?
Could it require a new bat? (i wouldn't mind if it did)
Thanks Ollie

This will 'eventually' be terminal. But you can probably prolong the life with some basic repair work. I would suggest you peel off the stickers to see exactly far down the bat the crack is. Eventually it will just snap as the crack gets longer.