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Title: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: Rampage on May 08, 2015, 05:23:43 AM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-08/brad-haddin-helps-scientists-in-search-for-better-cricket-bat/6455130?section=sport (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-08/brad-haddin-helps-scientists-in-search-for-better-cricket-bat/6455130?section=sport)

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/brad-haddin-australia-national-university-cricket-bat-study-english-kashmir-willow-ashes/2015-05-08 (http://www.cricket.com.au/news/brad-haddin-australia-national-university-cricket-bat-study-english-kashmir-willow-ashes/2015-05-08)

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: potzy248 on May 08, 2015, 06:55:46 AM

Very interesting.

I have a feeling however that MCC will crack down on anything else so their beloved "English" willow will always be the best.

Anyone know what the wooden Baseball bats are made out of?

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: simonmay5 on May 08, 2015, 07:34:19 AM

Looks like he was cutting open a new Salix what a waste of a good bat  :o

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: ajmw89 on May 08, 2015, 07:43:57 AM

Baseball bats are made of anything I believe.  Generally Ash.  Maple can fracture quite spectacularly, so I believe that is now banned

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: Johnny on May 08, 2015, 07:47:07 AM

Maple is still used plenty in baseball bats, as is ash (as stated) and Bamboo

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: Kez on May 08, 2015, 08:14:01 AM

Johnny beat me to it but my baseball bat is maple.

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: Johnny on May 08, 2015, 08:17:05 AM

Yup, I don't own my own bat, but my favourite stick out of the club stash is maple

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: Number4 on May 08, 2015, 08:28:26 AM

Canadian Willow  ;)

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: uknsaunders on May 08, 2015, 10:27:12 AM

Quote from: Number4 on May 08, 2015, 08:28:26 AM

Canadian Willow  ;)

I was waiting for this  :D

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: ProCricketer1982 on May 08, 2015, 10:29:39 AM

Does anyone know what conditions you need to grow willow? Any specific reasons why you can't say just take 100'acres of fern land and grow loads of trees ?

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: Cin88 on May 08, 2015, 10:34:54 AM

Its got something to do with the humidity level and moisture content of the ground the trees are on, I think.

Title: Re: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: jamesisapayne on May 08, 2015, 10:41:19 AM

Don't they use hickory for baseball bats too?

Title: Scientists team up with cricketer Brad Haddin to search for English willow subst
Post by: sarg on May 08, 2015, 12:57:16 PM

Sorry to pour cold water on this and don't want to sound like a troll  but I'd bet there are plenty of other studies like this throughout the sub continent where justifying a cheaper substitute to help sell inferior bats or at least pass a degree.

I am sceptical and just think they wasted a perfectly good Salix (or Newbery ) bat and talk about drawing attention to yourselves before you actually have something worthwhile to show for it. Supposedly having Haddin involved makes this study more credible than all the others.

I just hope one of these blokes actually plays cricket because the quality of Haddin's intel was pretty vague to the media.