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General Cricket => Players => Topic started by: nwillam12 on December 06, 2015, 10:31:03 AM
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His contract with m&h might not start until the 1st Jan
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Maybe m and h pulled out.
They could have had him on a small retainer plus TV and newspaper bonuses.
Once he got in England squad, they new they couldn't afford him being in every paper if he got some runs, so scarpered.
Not a fan of there bats, but I've always liked there softs and the blue and pink did look interesting.
Surely they can't just cancel a range completely? Specially if all the gear has already been made.
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He's also taken the picture of the M&H off his Instagram profile...
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Might be some blue and pink softs on sale soon!
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Might be some blue and pink softs on sale soon!
M&H having a sale...must be having a laugh after that YouTube video
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Here on sale we have some blue and pink mc soft we can't sell at full price.
So for a set of gloves and pads only 150..... Warranty not included off course.
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Bargain!!
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Here on sale we have some blue and pink mc soft we can't sell at full price.
So for a set of gloves and pads only 150..... Warranty not included off course.
Let's not forget, the cane in the pads has suffered storm damage - bargain.
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He's also taken the picture of the M&H off his Instagram profile...
Maybe he found out his bat was Indian made ;)
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https://twitter.com/theanalyst/status/675618004172959744 (https://twitter.com/theanalyst/status/675618004172959744)
Wearing GN in this video
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1st of Jan his contract starts with M&H
His bat range was in the burnley outlet this week
Could change?
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Notice his thigh pads was M&H
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He wouldn't be allowed to use that bat in the Test matches anyway.
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On the new Facebook Ecb England video shows stokes bowling to him and he is using his new range in the nets so think we will see him with them very soon
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1st of Jan his contract starts with M&H
His bat range was in the burnley outlet this week
Could change?
If his contract starts on 1st January I wonder what kit he'll use for the Boxing Day Test?
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Gray Nicolls
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Maybe if his contract runs out with gn on Dec 31st as he was not in England team they were happy for him to put pictures up and do advertising for his new sponsor
But as he got in the England team they gave him a call and reminded him that he is under contract for first test?
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Sounds right
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I'd be surprised if his contract is yearly, most likely the M&H sponsorship will begin at the start of the SA series - as with Root and NB starting at the beginning of the last series.
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could be the second time we see M and H in a test arena then.......
who was the first player to have a (stickered) M and H for England....?
some of the younger members may not know so one for the silver haired...
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Mark Lathwell.
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yes indeed Buzz
and you didn't need google to get that did you....
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https://twitter.com/mandh_north/status/673072879802654720
is it me or does that bat look awful??? the grains are really odd (i know it is the back but...) and that is a huge knot on the right of the bat under the sticker - not a great photo to advertise a new range, esp if some of the rumours on here may be true about the origins of the bats? looks like an MSR classic!!!
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Mark Lathwell.
Remember Lathwell using one - what did Neil Mallender use?
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caddick did as well at the start, did he make his debut in the same series as Lathwell???
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Lathwell debuted in the '93 ashes series didn't he? (I was there!) Think that's way before Caddick's era
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Shame the deadline isn't during a test match if reports are correct. I'd love to see Compton bat with Gray Nics gear and stay not out overnight, then walk out in the morning with completely different kit.
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I don't really care any more what he uses haha :D
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Shame the deadline isn't during a test match if reports are correct. I'd love to see Compton bat with Gray Nics gear and stay not out overnight, then walk out in the morning with completely different kit.
It would be amusing - he should pick the M&H as it's a bigger edge to nick off to first slip
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just seen this photo having a random search it is the 1993 texaco trophy
http://www.gettyimages.lu/detail/news-photo/andrew-caddick-batting-for-england-during-the-1st-texaco-news-photo/107977317 (http://www.gettyimages.lu/detail/news-photo/andrew-caddick-batting-for-england-during-the-1st-texaco-news-photo/107977317)
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caddick's debut was 1st test at old trafford - warne's ball of the century game - lathwell's debut was in the third test at trent bridge
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just seen this photo having a random search it is the 1993 texaco trophy
[url]http://www.gettyimages.lu/detail/news-photo/andrew-caddick-batting-for-england-during-the-1st-texaco-news-photo/107977317[/url] ([url]http://www.gettyimages.lu/detail/news-photo/andrew-caddick-batting-for-england-during-the-1st-texaco-news-photo/107977317[/url])
good spot second hand, well dug out. And if course it goes without saying he was using the original with THE most brilliant sticker design back then.Clearly it's gone pear shaped now but we look back misty eyed ! :)
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agree massively on the stickers - they were and always will be the best - their new ones look like someone injected the original ones with steroids then sent them on an LSD bender!!!
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I was at day one of Trent Bridge, and also 3rd day at Headingley. Never remebered Caddick playing, though he obviously went on to have a decent international career. Pretty sure Alan Igglesden and Martin McCague both debuted in that series too. Some very random players showed up in that series, for sure.
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Compton is using GN gear in the warm up game. He's also using an old Masuri by the look of it
(http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/andile-phehlukwayo-of-south-africa-appeals-for-a-wicket-during-day-picture-id501413476)
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Good to see him using a proper helmet!!
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Good to see him using a proper helmet!!
amen, not the new crappy ones. Isn't the ECB enforcing some new rules that we were told this helmet doesn't conform too?? has that rule started for them yet?? Is Compdog rebelling already.. dam these saffas
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I somehow don't think NC is the type to be told what lid to wear.
If Goochie can't tell him how to bat then an email from the ECB really aint gonna do anything.
Bout time we had some cricketers who think for themselves :)
and no....I don't mean Pieterson K.
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I didnt think the regulations specified a helmet, the new ones are non adjustable so you cant have a gaping hole to allow a double decker bus through. I just thought helmets were a must. No more floppy hats at the crease!
Also isnt it the same for keepers, am i right thinking Bairstow stands up without a helmet, hmthat will have to change right?
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I think the regulations on compulsary helmet use is in England only, so as soon as you're on an overseas tour anything goes.
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I didnt think the regulations specified a helmet, the new ones are non adjustable so you cant have a gaping hole to allow a double decker bus through. I just thought helmets were a must. No more floppy hats at the crease!
Also isnt it the same for keepers, am i right thinking Bairstow stands up without a helmet, hmthat will have to change right?
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Regs specify that lids must pass the newest safety standards. Yes in theory Bairstow will have to wear one standing up, will be interesting to see how it plays out when the team is back in the UK, Cook and Compton both currently wear non-compliant lids.
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Regs specify that lids must pass the newest safety standards. Yes in theory Bairstow will have to wear one standing up, will be interesting to see how it plays out when the team is back in the UK, Cook and Compton both currently wear non-compliant lids.
Doesnt hales aswell?
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Doesnt hales aswell?
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Hales where's the complient Gray Nics omega lid I believe
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Even tho London Evening Standard used Conptons picture with a caption about hales!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LriENwpSyY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LriENwpSyY)
stokes bowling to compton using a millichamp
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M&H bat and GN pads by the look of it. Love the blue/pink of those stickers!
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Have you seen how different the bats that's was brought out when he thought his bat was broken can tell the mh ones with how much concaving they have got and lack of gn stamp on the side
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Massively concaved aren't they!
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I think Gray Nics decided to re-sponsor him after his England recall and that is why he has been seen with some Millichamp gear as he got it before his recall...
Don't think he'll be using M and H
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/x3fg9l.jpg)
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Great spot!!!
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Did anybody notice how much better his Millichamp bat sounded over his gray nics when he changed
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https://instagram.com/p/_tWm8QrsVj/ (https://instagram.com/p/_tWm8QrsVj/) posted this on Instagram yesterday.
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M&H plastered as Gray Nics ??? .... I for once thought Gray Nics wasn't part of the sticker group !
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Guess we'll find out if he is picked for the second test...
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It's been going on for years! I once spotted Alfonso Thomas walking out of the M&H shop in Taunton with 4 blank bats and 4 sheets of GN stickers! I bet a lot of pros on the circuit still do the same...
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M&H plastered as Gray Nics ??? .... I for once thought Gray Nics wasn't part of the sticker group !
Well, in fact they were not. Just search for Mohammed Yousuf's photos and you would see plenty with CA and other brands stickered up as UK model of GN Viper (obviously with no scoops and very easy to spot because of that). I remembered this clearly as I had bought my GN Viper around the same time. Was really shocked then as I believed that the players used the kits manufactured by the kit sponsor. I am better informed now thanks in part to this forum :).
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Maybe all manufacturers should make their stickers available to the general public (at a hefty price), still I think people are going to buy them as there is always a weakness for the "genuine" over fake; don't think they would mind if a third party cricket bat with their stickers receives positive reviews.
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Doesn't matter which product he is using. He is looking very confident at the crease now and would turn out to be the tormentor in chief for South Africa. Patience and waiting for the loose ball ... Hope he crossed the century mark !
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One of my teammates used to have a (now retired) Pro's GN.
It had genuine GN stickers, but also had a CA stickers on the handle and the CA hollogram next to the red GN sticker on the face. Make what you will of that
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news from M&H
http://www.millichampandhall.co.uk/nick-compton.html (http://www.millichampandhall.co.uk/nick-compton.html)
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news from M&H
[url]http://www.millichampandhall.co.uk/nick-compton.html[/url] ([url]http://www.millichampandhall.co.uk/nick-compton.html[/url])
"I had a very good working relationship with Millichamp and Hall. They have a great team of bat makers and all of their bats are hand made from English willow using the best possible materials. It’s always nice to play with a bat of really quality, and I feel they produce the best bats in the business.”
Could this perhaps be something he's been asked to say after the questions were asked about where M&H bats are actually made? Doesn't seem like the obvious thing a pro cricketer would say in an interview?!
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news from M&H
[url]http://www.millichampandhall.co.uk/nick-compton.html[/url] ([url]http://www.millichampandhall.co.uk/nick-compton.html[/url])
Finally after a long time, i am going to see someone using M&H bats in an international game !
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M&H just tweeted this
https://twitter.com/mandhcricket/status/682978786112057344
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Well that is infuriating.
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Wonder how they'll cope making all the extra bats this advertising will bring in their small workshop? ;-)
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I love those gloves! I'm sitting on the fence here, I think that it's wrong that they are saying they make everything when they are importing but at the same time I've paid as hefty a sum for a GN custom made Robertsbridge Omega that isn't a patch on my MH09
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Junior bats starting at £275, who in there right mind would opt for one of those with all the other cheaper and equally, if not better bats out there
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I really like their hybrid glove design also. However, I cannot, in good conscience, buy from M&H again and that is the real shame.
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Maybe all manufacturers should make their stickers available to the general public (at a hefty price), still I think people are going to buy them as there is always a weakness for the "genuine" over fake; don't think they would mind if a third party cricket bat with their stickers receives positive reviews.
You used to be able to buy GN stickers from Robertsbridge but a few years ago I contacted GN to buy stickers for my GN bats as I had purchased stickers previously on a number of occasions and was told they had stop selling to the public as the stickers were being applied to non GN bats.
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http://www.millichampandhall.co.uk/NC654_bat/nc654.html (http://www.millichampandhall.co.uk/NC654_bat/nc654.html)
Another bat with 50mm+ edges! It looks insane, very similar to the Warner spec Kaboom...
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Mmmm... 50mm+edges from 2.10... That's some seriously low density cleft there!!! Is that even possible without drying the kjeebers out of it???
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Interesting to see what bat Nick uses tomorrow.
As the concaved grays he was using(which we presumed were snickered up m an h) certainly didn't have this profile
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£550...WELP
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Mmmm... 50mm+edges from 2.10... That's some seriously low density cleft there!!! Is that even possible without drying the kjeebers out of it???
Concave it to within an inch of it's life? You could end up with a bat that has 50mm edges with 30mm of wood in the hitting area where they've had to take so much weight out.
With those specs you wouldn't expect a full profile, but these could be taking the piss...
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Speaking of profiles and concaving, do M&H actually 'make'/SSell a full profiled bat any more?
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Pic of him on ECB Instagram with M&H bat + pads and GN gloves still....text book shot though [emoji106]
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Mmmm... 50mm+edges from 2.10... That's some seriously low density cleft there!!! Is that even possible without drying the kjeebers out of it???
It looks like my typhon with concaving fair play looks a nice bat too me
Of course it possible has more concaving than my bat but i have seen a crown 360ish density make a bigger bat it possible
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The bat I saw in the burnley shop had an almost W profile
As kippax do similar, low weights will need dry clefts to get those edges, can't see the point myself, but hey ho
I personally thought the profile and size are a joke,likely to get a bit of sledging on field
The stickers/colour scheme, have a hint of mongoose about them, I quite like the pink, and it looks even better in the flesh.
I'm sure it's a big financial gamble for M&H , but after kieswetter retiring they've needed to do something.
If they sell a couple of those bats to burnley lads, I hope for the shop owners sake,they've not over dried them, and they suffer breakages.
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Pic of him on ECB Instagram with M&H bat + pads and GN gloves still....text book shot though [emoji106]
([url]http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01/01/c876eab71a4f577906c0e452b9ed122b.jpg[/url])
Where's his helmet?
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Where's his helmet?
In his shorts ???
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Fully decked out in M & H today is Nicholas.
I remember that series when Lathwell made his brief appearance with the original M & H. I remember then getting a bit confused when Michael bevan was using a Puma bat with very similar stickers. There was a connection between them I think? Bat maker/founder of M&H an Aussie?
Also I've missed something why are people down in M & H? Claimed all bats are English made?
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No use if he can't hit the ball off the square. Is this the best no.3 we have?
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Millichamp part of millichamp and hall was Julian millichamp.
At one point puma bats were made by Julian millichamp.
Yes both sets of stickers did seem similar.
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No use if he can't hit the ball off the square. Is this the best no.3 we have?
Yep. Our run rate has died. Just under 3 when was at 4 for most of the morning.
And no run in last 23balls.
He has dried hales up, like he dried him up in Durban.
Yet once hales gets out because the score is going no where. The daggers will be out for hales!!
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I must say that the M&H twitter has lit up with the emergence of Compton in all the gear, even with the speculation of what has gone on with the brand recently it seems that a lot of aficionados are drooling over 'his' new range!
The flashy get up certainly catches the eye, but with his purely test batting style its hardly eye-catching cricket. I understood that the CK22 was similar in principle but with Kieswetter playing in a flamboyant manner in all formats it probably had a greater appeal to it, additionally could you really imagine Compton using a behemoth of a bat as advertised, I think not :-[
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Millichamp part of millichamp and hall was Julian millichamp.
At one point puma bats were made by Julian millichamp.
Yes both sets of stickers did seem similar.
Much appreciated- cheers
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Compton said that he likes a full profiled bat.
The stump cam view shows his M&H is rather concaved. I wonder how long it will be before he goes back to his preferred maker for his "usual" shape and just applies M&H stickers
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Compton said that he likes a full profiled bat.
The stump cam view shows his M&H is rather concaved. I wonder how long it will be before he goes back to his preferred maker for his "usual" shape and just applies M&H stickers
His 'grays' in the last test was very concaved too mind. Probably also easy to speculate that his 'good working relationship' with m&H goes back some time in usual Somerset style and has been getting his bats from there for years? Maybe Compton isn't a CBF member and his idea of what 'full profile' means is different to ours on here ha.
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Haha! Yeah it could be the other way round,he played at somerset for quite a while
And he will of course have his bats made by an experienced bat maker as opposed to a lot of them sold to the masses(thats us!)
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I doubt he has a usual maker, given that by all reports he's a nightmare to deal with, consistently comes up when discussing the pickiest/most awkward pros. My fave story is telling GN he liked a certain glove, but wanted pittard palms. They were made for him, he tried them and and said
NC: 'no they aren't right'
GN: 'whats wrong with them? what can we change?'
NC: 'they just aren't right'
GN: 'OK try these' *takes gloves round back, puts the same gloves in a different bag, returns and hands back to Compo*
NC: 'brilliant these are much better!'
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I beleive his "Grays" stuff from the last test also had an M&H sticker on the top of the handle ;)
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Compton said that he likes a full profiled bat.
The stump cam view shows his M&H is rather concaved. I wonder how long it will be before he goes back to his preferred maker for his "usual" shape and just applies M&H stickers
Going back to this. GN said to me that he likes really small profiled, almost thin, traditional shaped bats.
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Twice he's asked Marcus to make him bats.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h76/smilley792/ABB4AA39-E13F-43E0-9C16-F8EEE366D9E7_zpsfqlfgrvs.png) (http://s61.photobucket.com/user/smilley792/media/ABB4AA39-E13F-43E0-9C16-F8EEE366D9E7_zpsfqlfgrvs.png.html)
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Going back to this. GN said to me that he likes really small profiled, almost thin, traditional shaped bats.
So the 50mm edges in his M&H range will be right up his street then! ;)
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Its the 'Compdog', he does what he wants! :D ;) big, small, it doesn't matter to him, its free and can put the 1,000,000 requests in for the bat at each stage of its making! Must say though, in an age of varied deliveries from bowlers and a lot more bouncers in play that he decides to use a really old style masuri lid!
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From what I have heard, he is a nightmare to make for. Apparently he wants his bats to look as wide as possible when in his stance.
A genuine Gray Nics compton bat.
(http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad158/ncfcrgr8/Mobile%20Uploads/20150818_093842.jpg) (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/ncfcrgr8/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150818_093842.jpg.html)
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(http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad158/ncfcrgr8/Mobile%20Uploads/20150818_094004.jpg) (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/ncfcrgr8/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150818_094004.jpg.html)
A not so genuine Gray Nics compton bat.
(http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/ad158/ncfcrgr8/Mobile%20Uploads/20150818_094732.jpg) (http://s931.photobucket.com/user/ncfcrgr8/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150818_094732.jpg.html)
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i'm guessing you meant the e41 not the powerspot? I can't remember him using a powerspot
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What makes one genuine and one not?
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What makes one genuine and one not?
The egde stamps!
The PowerSpot has stamps so was genuinely made by GN.
Look closely at the E41, the font on the edge 'stamp' isn't quite right and it's a sticker. This implies to me it was made by someone else
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The egde stamps!
The PowerSpot has stamps so was genuinely made by GN.
Look closely at the E41, the font on the edge 'stamp' isn't quite right and it's a sticker. This implies to me it was made by someone else
Correct from our resident bat nerd. That and the fact one was made at Robertsbridge and the other wasn't.
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From the first day of play by Compton using his new M&H gear, the only marketing point that the brand found was that with all this gear he has managed to hit only his third :o :o YES, HIS THIRD six in 20 international innings. It is definitely the bat making the difference there! :D :D Big player with all the big shots now he's with a 'bigger' brand ;)
Link to said statement here: https://twitter.com/mandhcricket/status/683347603484995584
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Twice he's asked Marcus to make him bats.
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I recognise that instagram asking him if he's moving from GN ;)
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Think he was still contractually obliged to use GN till the enf od 2015 but as he had been netting eith an MH for a while and found it better he just swapped the stickers
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So does that mean he's gone on to eBay and bought fake GN e41 stickers? Or are my eyes deceiving me?
No it means it's made elsewhere but stickered up as a grays as that's who sponsored him.
Gray nics will supply the stickers as part of the sponsorship.
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He seems a bit needy to me. Oh and by the way NH654, or whatever, manners cost nothing. Please can you make me one...
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Posted on Facebook earlier
https://www.facebook.com/englandcricket/posts/10153158499595194:0 (https://www.facebook.com/englandcricket/posts/10153158499595194:0)
Note the M&H sticker on the end of the handle...legit ;)