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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Mattsky on May 16, 2014, 01:29:44 PM
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How many bats does a player need? I mean really?
I can understand having a match bat, a T20 bat and at a push, a net bat, but more than that? Why?
In any case, unless your bats are all pretty much identical, if you chop and change your bat from one game to another, wouldn't that be detrimental to getting to know your bat and therefore getting the best from it?
I'm not knocking the fact that kit badgers like to collect bats like some people like to collect watches; I'm just interested in why - and what people get out of amassing a load of bats that they can't really get full use of?
Because they just can? Or is it more than that?
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I take 2 to a game...
I appear to have four in play bats at the moment, plus another 3 in the loft.
I think I have several too many.
However compared to Chad, Simon, Pete, Tim and many others on here - I am at least 10 short of where I need to be :o
there is no need to have more than one bat, but we are in a consumer society where we have to spend and have forgotten how to save, this forum is an apt demonstrator of this.
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The pros all have loads and we were all a run or a wicket away from getting snapped up for the county at junior level, so if that's what the pros do then as we should too! ;)
In all seriousness, I have two bats, one I use in the nets (which was last years match bat) and one I can't use in matches. My current match bat is now on Ebay after averaging 8 in the first 4 games this season and I currently have a new one on the way from Paul Aldred, meaning my net bat has had a promotion back to match bat until I get that knocked in.
You're right anything more than 3 is excessive, though I find looking at bats very therapeutic and can definitely see the attraction of having a room of them to look at after a long day.
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I've got a net bat and a match bat. That's it.. Oh and my 2012 match bat but I'm giving that away so I'm doing well.
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As Buzz has said you only really need one, that said I have managed to get down to 6 unless theres wet weather around i use the same bat each innings and a different one but the same specification for indoor nets.
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Why own more than one bat? That's something my wife would ask ;) I say, why not?!?! They're things of beauty! I have four bats at the moment; two in my kit that I swap between depending on how I feel on a particular day, and the other two are in reserve because I can't part with them. Would I buy more if I could? You bet!
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Anyone asking a question like that should seriously question why they are involved on this forum haha
In all seriousness its a good question - I'd compare cricket bats to pints of cider. I don't need 6 pints of cider after every game of cricket just like I don't need 6 bats to play cricket with, but I bloody well want them :D
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My bag has 2 bat pockets, therefore I have 2 bats :)
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Good offers mean we may pick an extra one up.
See a bat we've always wanted to try, feels good to buy a bat and have it arrive at home/work.
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I would buy more but now I expect something very special, which seems to rule a lot of bats out :(
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Because cbf.......
Tbh, being bed bound, spending 24hrs a day on here, and a growing back balance due to full pay when off sick, I way over spent on bats this winter.
I've ended up selling 7 recently, and broke 2, but still have 14bats that are ready to be used if needed.
I have issues, someone help.
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You didn't break them in bed, did you? :-[
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However compared to Chad, Simon, Pete, Tim and many others on here - I am at least 10 short of where I need to be :o
I beg your pardon.... I now have only five and a mongoose (which isn't a proper cricket bat). You seem to have more than me! Think I need a few new ones :o
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I beg your pardon.... I now have only five and a mongoose (which isn't a proper cricket bat). You seem to have more than me! Think I need a few new ones :o
what about your collection of vintage willow... suddenly you have a few more ;)
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what about your collection of vintage willow... suddenly you have a few more ;)
Vintage willow doesn't count, as it's for display purposes ;)
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I would usually play with borrowed bats some time back, bought one before I joined the forum and now ended up buying around 7, selling 2 of them and still craving for 2/3 more atm. It's all because of CBF i would say >:(
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However compared to Chad, Simon, Pete, Tim and many others on here - I am at least 10 short of where I need to be :o
And I am possibly down to under 100 now? Haven't counted yet but I have sold quite a few in the last couple of months! :D
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And I am possibly down to under 100 now? Haven't counted yet but I have sold quite a few in the last couple of months! :D
While I've never actually met Mr Hosk (of the legendary willow collection) and therefore have no idea what he really looks like, I am somewhat haunted by the vision of a figure in a camel overcoat, shrugging eloquently, arms outstretched, palms up, saying: 'I buy. I sell'. ;) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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I only ever have 1 usable bat and use it all the time. I may have a new bat that im knocking in for a good few months knowing my current is ready to go.
I think if you have too many bats it gets consfusing and must affect a batsmans form to keep chopping and changing
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I beg your pardon.... I now have only five and a mongoose (which isn't a proper cricket bat). You seem to have more than me! Think I need a few new ones :o
See! This is funny, this is!! The justification that 6 bats isn't 'many'.
This is what this place does to us - it turns us weird.
I have 2 bats to use (one of which has been stolen by Dave Procricket!!!!!!!!!!!) and a further 3 to sell on eBay/my club. Sadly, that's the least I've had in months.
If you follow Garret's logic - 2 is the most you would ever need at any one time. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAAHAAHAAHA!!!!!! Johnny, you really haven't entered into the spirit of the thing - at least 6 bats makes you better - and each new bat you buy makes you better than the last one.
Many of us need serious counselling - but if we got that, it wouldn;t be fun any more,
................now then - who's got a bat for sale?
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I have 4 bats one is a mongoose that stays in the duffle bag for lms games.
My current match bat was one i found in the club garage and refurbed over the winter this will go back to the clubs bag at the end of the season. i am still knocking in my new match bat.
I also picked up a cheap msr bat last year which i still haven't knocked in but this will be my spare bat
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A week ago I would have probably asked the same question.
But both of my bats in the nets broke in the space of 5-10minutes, one was a new one that my brother just got me, and the other I've had for a while.
I've been looking at replacements, bought one already, and looking at two, while another is on it's way.
Yeah...as much I said it was just a precaution, I may have gotten addicted.
I'm gonna stop.
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I currently have 13 bats which is the lowest I've had in a while. For me some is that I can as I like them for what they are, if that makes sense, like some people collect watches etc. I will say that they are all 2.9 or 2.10 which is my desired weight. I use one bat for my league cricket every week and an exact copy to net with to pro long my main bat. The others just get a go every now and then and on occasions if one is really liked by a club mate etc it gets sold to them as half would just go online and buy blind
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Ideally I think 2-3 is enough, but I have 6 now.
Most of them are bats I bought while trying to find the right bat for me, I hardly sell stuff so they will be in my collection for a while.
Aldred Silver Sov is my current match/net bat.
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Good offers mean we may pick an extra one up.
See a bat we've always wanted to try, feels good to buy a bat and have it arrive at home/work.
Does it not feel even better to walk into a shop and try out a load of bats and then leave with (what you feel is) the best one? ???
#internetculture
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It might be an obvious observation, but I think a lot of people collect things that they don't necessarily need. I know people who collect guitars, vintage cars, coins etc. What's the problem with having more willow than you might need?
Spend your money on something you want. A collection of bats, or a house full of other equally worthless/priceless (delete as appropriate) objects. Surely the choice is down to the person with their money in hand.
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I've always owned 1 bat, but started reading the forum and well I'm not sure, bought H4L on a Xmas whim, read all the details about Amplus, bought one and reading here I've found another I want to try!?
I do wonder will the difference in bats effect my performance! LOL.
As for how many, life's short, why not indulge.
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I have a small collection of old school bats that i will never use or sell but remind me of when i could actually bat and play cricket,
i mean women collect shoes and handbags so why not men collecting cricket bats,
I do have a few newer ones i'm looking to move on so i can go down to maybe 2-3 actual match bats and net bats,
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I tend to buy a new bat every two seasons. Ive broken a few and sold a few during this cycle.
I current have two bats in the kit and 3 at home of which one is a old 90s gn, one is a experimental I brought that was too heavy and have customised. I promised my wife i'd sell one to pay for the last one, but I never said when. My next bat will be via the forum sponsors.
Why? Bats change so much and I love trying out the new tech or getting an absolute bargain or unique bat no one else has seen.
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Variety is the spice of life. As long as there is a spare room in the house I can devote to equipment it will always be full of bats- unless I stop playing. A few have been moved on recently so the current count is just over 50. Another Joker and an Affinity Carbine have been added in the last few weeks. After 1 innings with the new Joker I fear it may have reached the end of its playing life as the Carbine is just ridiculous. There's something therapeutic about having a room full of toys.
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Variety is the spice of life. As long as there is a spare room in the house I can devote to equipment it will always be full of bats- unless I stop playing. A few have been moved on recently so the current count is just over 50. Another Joker and an Affinity Carbine have been added in the last few weeks. After 1 innings with the new Joker I fear it may have reached the end of its playing life as the Carbine is just ridiculous. There's something therapeutic about having a room full of toys.
5o Bats is going some do you have any Kook's in that bunch and can we get a few pic's if you do have any
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Rogue players, recoil players, viper 1200, kahuna 1000. I'm out of the country for the next couple of weeks but can put some up when I get back. There should be a bunch of photos posted already but I don't know where. If you search my posts on here you will find some.
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Does it not feel even better to walk into a shop and try out a load of bats and then leave with (what you feel is) the best one? ???
#internetculture
You're right Paul which is why i'm going to make a visit to your store when i'm back in the UK in the Summer... I'm honestly not sure what I'd ask for in a custom made bat for myself although the process and anticipation of ordering and receiving it must seem like Christmas every time...
So even though I've wanted a H4L from Matt direct, London is easiest for me to get to on my way from the airport or if visiting friends...
Trying bats out in a store is something i've never done which sounds odd.... so it's been the trial and error method for me for the last 4-5 seasons except for my beloved Uzi which I bought via ebay but the guy was in my home town so went to his house and picked it up, bought it and it's been my best performing bat to date...