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Equipment => Your Kit => Topic started by: WalkingWicket37 on April 18, 2015, 07:52:49 PM
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It's that time of year again where I play a brand of cricket so awful, I have to look at the other teams kit to take my mind off my own misery!
On show today were:
Choice Praetorian softs and a woodstock your de force platinum
A nice red back
A very grainy GM Six6 original
An old school chase held together with tape
There was also a bat with a Bat on the stickers which wasn't a BAS, no idea what it was though
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8 of our opposition Used M&H bats. Was Taunton though. can't blame them. never seen a bad M&H. One guy turned up,wearing a South Africa shirt and carrying a B&S bag.
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M&H are a joy to bat with!
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Saw a very nice GM icon yesterday that pinged from every part of the bat.
New Affinity pads and gloves also on show looked stunning
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Most interesting thing I saw yesterday was the oppositions full B3 whites!
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There was some nice willow on display yesterday!
One of the openers had a Chase 4LC that I spend about 25 overs looking at.
Their top scorer (93) was using a nice TON, blue stickers but had removed the model from the front and back. It looked like one of those really low middled ones Jake posted the other day though.
Their Aussie had a very grainy kahuna, and it sent the ball a long way.
Also on show was an almost perfect condition GM epic, another Chase 4LC, a Spartan MC 2000, a Chase R7 and, last & least, a sports direct special Slazenger!
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3 b3s and 2 highly concaved hunt counties.
Only 1 bat out them troubled the scorers. One of the hunts. And it had a lovely middle.
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Opening bat started batting with a knackered Australian Newbery, eventually swapped it for a much nicer Warsop Marlin which looked and sounded much better.
Number 3 had some interesting kit choices, Salix bat along with those hideous M&H T1 pads and a Adidas Ayrtek with a carbon finish and pump liner.
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Oppo yesterday had a rather battered selection of bats - however the 3 guys who got their runs all had decent weapons.
A very large and grainy Big Kahuna, a very new looking GN Fusion and the best, a Willostix Stick, which I had my eye on!
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Club with full B3 stash including our hats around 10 B3 bats and a very nice looking Bradbury Butterfly...
Also so a unbranded bat with a whopping 43 grains i counted them whilst standing up bit sad really.
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1 battered slazanger that hit us for 70 odd
1 Norfolk bat which had no sign of use on it.
A old school Gray Nicholls which had a good middle.
A New Balance which planted one on my right ankle and for good measure planted me back over my head into the long grass.
Where as we had 2 Puma's, 1 Hunts, 1 Kooka, 3 Blenheim's ,2 G N, 1 Woodworm and a Bumblebee!
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I saw an array of everything at Uzi Sports today. Father in law picked up a very nice BAS vampire
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one of our kids was using a old gm poosibly a maestro
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Saw for the first time an H4L being used by an oppo team. It was an an exel 666. The one with the red stickers. It looked great, shame it was being used by a guy who favoured the leg side to every ball.
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Yesterday saw the usual selection of Kook's and GN's and a very nice M&H Harlequin used to good effect.
Oppo opener who scored 50 out of the first 56 runs and then 94 out of 137 was using a very well used orange stickered Matrixx - loads of tape but it flew a long way.
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Saturday, One of the openers from Oakwood Hill CC was using a Red Ink - Looked liked a traditional profile but seemed to go well.
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I spotted a CP Spectrum Edition being used yesterday; nice looking stick. The chap who owned it said that his son was sponsored by CP and he got his bat through them. Also a nice M&H Amplus which sounded lush, and the biggest GN F18 I've seen. It was the LE; the edges were enormous, but it picked up like a feather. Sadly it was used mainly for some large agricultural heaves to leg!
My own Salix Supernatural was also not used to it's potential either, seeing a paltry 11 before an LBW put a humane end to the knock! :(
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A guy in the oppo had a A61 750i Colossus, weighty, but lovely pickup. Not sure why he didn't use the Powerbow LE he also had. Poor bloke could not do anything but bunt with it... Also a YAS and a Sommers.
Not much to report of interest among the bats of my new team, apart from a lovely old Insignia LE, a beast of an Onhand Sports and a couple of nice Hits Hards.
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One of the oppo today was kitted out in Blue room kit although was all the pink kit which didn't look great in my opinion in the flesh but bat sounded nice.
Opener had a HUGE Kippax Wavex lovely grains, he made 80odd and some flew off the middle, couldn't decide after staring at it for 35 overs if I actually liked the profile or not.
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About 50% of the bats used in our game today were GN, including a couple of lovely looking Powerbows. Also the oppo used 3 woodworm.
One young lad in our team was using his dad's ancient Newbury - it was older than him - but unfortunate was showing its age and not got much left in it.
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One of the oppo today was kitted out in Blue room kit although was all the pink kit which didn't look great in my opinion in the flesh but bat sounded nice.
Opener had a HUGE Kippax Wavex lovely grains, he made 80odd and some flew off the middle, couldn't decide after staring at it for 35 overs if I actually liked the profile or not.
He wouldn't of got 80 odd had the umpires not been benter than a 9
Bob note!
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Opening bat for the oppo had a blueroom that did its job, scored 80 odd. No. 3 had a Newbery Thuxton SPS with some very straight grains. Finally, no.4 had a brand new Salix, gorgeous bit of willow.
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Played at a 6 a side in Doncaster today - lots of nice bats on show.
Quite a few bats from a brand i hadnt heard of - Torpedo. Not the best branding but all seemed to go well.
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Who do you play for, Doncaster is about 20 minutes from my home.
Didn't know there was a 6 a side league
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Who do you play for, Doncaster is about 20 minutes from my home.
Didn't know there was a 6 a side league
I play for Everton. The 6 a side was at Barnby Dun - it's not a league, just a day they organise.
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I play for Outcasts, we played at Everton last year on Sunday, did you play?
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I play for Outcasts, we played at Everton last year on Sunday, did you play?
No mate, I played odd game for Sunday team but missed that one.
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I watched Dorset vs Hampshire in a T20 warm up, Dorset opener Masoor Kahn using Blank Bats stick.
Ervines Spartan was huuuuge.
Carbs got triggered 3rd ball of the day, given out ct behind, wasn't happy with the decision, must have hit the floor on his shot
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a very strong offering of nixon bats on show on saturday, that distinctive full profile with small edges, especially the older nikons, very nice bats and go like stink
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A few nice Chase bats at Brackley at the weekend. Finish is really good on them. None of their users hung around very long to get a proper look though...😉
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Missed last Saturday but the previous Saturday played against a guy who played very nicely for 123no using a GM 1885 - which sounded superb. Don't think I've ever seen one in a game (presumably why they got binned!)
A team mate has acquired his brother's Mjolnir - it's an absolute gun...
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Some nice kit on display yesterday.
The opposition opener was using a bat with a logo I recognised, but it wasn't until after the game I realised where I'd seen it before. @Bambooman's profile picture! I didn't get to judge how well the bat went though as the bloke wielding it was out LBW early on.
Also on display was a lovely dynadrive that scored 70-odd.
A vantage Lithium
A nice looking salix sent the ball over the fence for the winning runs.
There was also a New Balance TD560 that made a very nice noise (and I love this season's stickers!)
All the quality kit on show almost made the 2 hour drive to the game worth it alone!
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There was a nice Bradbury used by one of the opposition today.
One of them was usuing all blank gear (I'm assuming OLS) that looked really classy.
Their centurion was using a GM Apex (old school and more break than bat but pinged well)
I was more interested in the kit on show than I was the cricket itself, I'm starting to think playing isn't my thing...
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Couple of nice Hawks on display today, and a new team mate of mine has some lovely Robert pack stuff!
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Oppos number 4 had a great nicola scoop. And not a recent one. A very thin old one covered completely in the old white fibre sheet.
Was flaking while he was at the crease.
His pads and gloves seemed similar vintage too and yet he was only about 24?
A classic gray nics lover? Hand me downs? Who knows. He didn't last that long.
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A lot of Select cricket stuff today.
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Guy using a Redback for Penarth CC today, didn't see much action as he just swung and missed before I bowled him!
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Oppo top 4 included two Lavers and one M&H. One of the lavers was really nice, it had a lovely sound and a great middle, luckily I got the owner to edge to the keeper on 49, he got a ton off us at the beginning of the season.
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I forgot a few from yesterday, there were two nice Chase bats,
I got a guy out who was using a very nice looking SS Herotage (very concaved) and there were a couple of bats that I was sort of interested in. Was pleas a Slazenger V100 that made a lovely noise, and the other being an old GN fusion that peppered the boundary.
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Opposition batsman had a very nice G2 H4L NV yesterday. He hit a nice 40 until i got him out.
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Played with the Malden Wanderers overseas today (alec Stewart's club). He had one of Stuart Walters' redbacks (surrey and Glamorgan). It was lovely. Oppo quick dropped one in short and it was still going up when it hit the trees...
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Seen my first Kudos 2 in the flesh at the weekend, looked brand new with a IJC sticker on the back. Looked a lot nicer than my 2 season old Kudos :(
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Came up against a Willostix Slugger this weekend,
Bat seemed to go well enough, sort of matched the batsmen who "slugged" everything, personally thought it was one of the uglier bats I have seen.
Looked like half the team used the same stick though, it re-appeared 2/3 times.
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Seen my first Kudos 2 in the flesh at the weekend, looked brand new with a IJC sticker on the back. Looked a lot nicer than my 2 season old Kudos :(
Well, if you're having those thoughts, you know what you needs to do!!
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Seeing a few juniors with Woodstock bats in my area, not sure on the reason why? There not all playing at the same club as well
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Woodstock had out "sponsorship" like Xmas cards so little Jonny (and Steve, Kev, Peter & Brian for that matter) probably think they're the muts nuts because they're "sponsored".
Mummy & Daddy are likely proud to tell everyone their son is "sponsored" which will lead to the question 'how did they get that?' So half the county end up "sponsored" by Wodstock because a load of parents asked nicely!
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I'm cross with Woodstock. They sent our club's 'sponsored' player a plank, so he borrowed my bat on Tuesday and smashed 50 and the inside bloody edge.
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Woodstock had out "sponsorship" like Xmas cards so little Jonny (and Steve, Kev, Peter & Brian for that matter) probably think they're the muts nuts because they're "sponsored".
Mummy & Daddy are likely proud to tell everyone their son is "sponsored" which will lead to the question 'how did they get that?' So half the county end up "sponsored" by Wodstock because a load of parents asked nicely!
Bet they're making a killing out of it though haha
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Bet they're making a killing out of it though haha
I never said it wasn't a good idea! 20% off RRP sponsorship for all, they all think they're getting a good deal so place an order.
kerching £££
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Half the lads at my uni got in on that deal, all loved it despite the fact that the money off brought them down to about normal retail! Nice bats, but the prices are mental at RRP.
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Worst i saw last season was a guy leaving the cotton filling of his old pads all over the pitch as he was running as it trickled out of a hole.
That matched is fibre tape of the face of his bat slow unraveling the longer he batted.
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Worst i saw last season was a guy leaving the cotton filling of his old pads all over the pitch as he was running as it trickled out of a hole.
That matched is fibre tape of the face of his bat slow unraveling the longer he batted.
This sounds very much like one of my best mates last season...
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Played at Deddington Saturday in the OCA. The opening batsman had an OX-SPORT bat, never seen one before. To be honest I didn't get a good look, just a sneaky peak from mid-on. The stickers were not great but the grains look very good. and it went ok.
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Couple of nice grainy GM Originals on Saturday.
One a Six6, the other an Apex used by their overseas player.
As they batted most of the innings I didn't see much else, but there was a cameo appearance of a GN (I think F18 with only the top stickers left on) that had a lovely flutterby stain on the back.
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Alot of the Woodstock junior bats are Pakistan made so no wonder they like giving away sponsorships
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Alot of the Woodstock junior bats are Pakistan made so no wonder they like giving away sponsorships
Don't they have a "Made in England" sticker on the back though?
Or is that just the senior ones? ???
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Played against the owner of Vantage on Saturday, unsurprisingly his bat looked very nice indeed! Also a grainy looking SF, owner of that didn't last long though.
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Don't they have a "Made in England" sticker on the back though?
Or is that just the senior ones? ???
I was fixing the handle on a harrow Woodstock before and it had a made in England sticker on it. I.knew for fact it was made in Pakistan
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Young lad on oppos team had a lovely kook on Sunday
Seemed to ping from most of the bat
I know nothing about kook bats, so asked him how much he paid
99quid!!!!
Bit dead near the toe, but a huge middle and picked up lovely
Absolute bargain
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Today I saw a Newbery Platinum for a total of two balls, and an Affinity Polaris, which sounded great. @ItsJustCricket
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We only took 5 wickets today.
Quite a few Chase bats on display (including one that broke!)
There was also a @fatbats, a Newbery Kudos and someone used M&H International softs (rather grim in my opinion) and an older M&H bat that made a nice noise.
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He'll 4 a Leather from IJC spotted at Newport CC today, potential cbf member?
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A couple of their blokes had newbery. One old guy had a very retro gray nics probably from the 80s
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Saw a phantom can't remember it's proper name but it was the black sticker edition that seemed to go rather nicely. The guy seemed like a bit of a bat lover as he also had a custom made Gray nics in his bag and affinity softs
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Unsurprisingly as we played the club he's associated with and his nephew a whole host of Charlie French bats - none of the batsmen really got going so difficult to judge the performance. 3 really nice salixs on display all really grainy and pinged lovely off the bat
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Played against Compton House, they're near yeovil so always good to see some @Bulldog Cricket bats on display. They made 230 odd for 9.
My first 7 overs went for 7 runs, nearly had 4 maidens on the trot but I bowled a wide! No wickets tho...
Came back to finish the innings off got pumped for a biggun then got the lad out bowled next ball.
Another came in and gave it a biff before getting him LBW, then I had an absolute pie dropped off my bowling last ball of their innings. Finished with 9 overs 2-26
Took 3 catches and some good diving saves.
Chipped in with 24 but we fell 40 short.
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Opposition opener with an Ayrtek and a bespoke B3 on Saturday, got to be a good chance he was a forum member! Unfortunately for him he got ran out without facing ha.
Sunday played against a side who clearly have some kind of arrangement with D&P, some nice looking bats in use.
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Some nice high end Salix bats plus B3's and a Heritage Typhoon in action in yesterday's game.
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Left handed had a b3 and there big bludgeoning wannabe opener had a hunts county aura
There other opener also had two mrfs that went in 3 balls of each other.
They was very very dry!!
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Played a guy using a nice Select bat yesterday, three Chase FLC (a family affair) and a Colt with a 31 grain all heartwood Mogul Original. And a destickered Ayrtek that looked lovely but didn't give value for shots (could have been the batsman)
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Played yesterday and opposition had 3 lovely Stac bats. Their skipper scored a 50 with a massive edged one. Great to see they back up and running as some of the best bats I've owned. Quite tempted!