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Equipment => Bats => Bat Care => Topic started by: amnitg on April 05, 2019, 12:49:35 AM

Title: Is this advisable to do on the edge of a brand new bat?
Post by: amnitg on April 05, 2019, 12:49:35 AM

Evening Gents. Check out the first 30 seconds of this video. Is bouncing a hard cricket ball like that on the edge of a brand new bat ok?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeqS5nL4JIs&lc=z23cjvh4dyziuz2oe04t1aokg0r0f0ii3ddxmo2vhhqsrk0h00410.1554421638013599 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeqS5nL4JIs&lc=z23cjvh4dyziuz2oe04t1aokg0r0f0ii3ddxmo2vhhqsrk0h00410.1554421638013599)

Title: Re: Is this advisable to do on the edge of a brand new bat?
Post by: brokenbat on April 05, 2019, 01:18:33 AM

Quote from: amnitg on April 05, 2019, 12:49:35 AM

Evening Gents. Check out the first 30 seconds of this video. Is bouncing a hard cricket ball like that on the edge of a brand new bat ok?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeqS5nL4JIs&lc=z23cjvh4dyziuz2oe04t1aokg0r0f0ii3ddxmo2vhhqsrk0h00410.1554421638013599 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeqS5nL4JIs&lc=z23cjvh4dyziuz2oe04t1aokg0r0f0ii3ddxmo2vhhqsrk0h00410.1554421638013599)

No. Not ok. There is no benefit to it, and while you probably won’t create catastrophic damage doing it, why take the risk.

Title: Re: Is this advisable to do on the edge of a brand new bat?
Post by: Buzz on April 05, 2019, 07:52:10 AM

Who wants ball dents on the edge of their lovely new bats.

Title: Re: Is this advisable to do on the edge of a brand new bat?
Post by: Batoff on April 05, 2019, 08:41:08 AM

If you really want to do this (why?) it's probably best you use a tennis ball

Title: Re: Is this advisable to do on the edge of a brand new bat?
Post by: Gingerbusiness on April 05, 2019, 09:07:47 AM

I almost killed a team mate's kid for doing this with my match bat.

Title: Re: Is this advisable to do on the edge of a brand new bat?
Post by: amnitg on April 05, 2019, 10:34:40 AM

Could a hard ball bouncing particularly close to the edge surface (unpressed and perpendicular to the Face) cause dents which could cause the onset of delamination? is that possible?

Title: Re: Is this advisable to do on the edge of a brand new bat?
Post by: strang on April 05, 2019, 11:49:24 AM

A testament to the trend for thick edges?
Got us looking at it though.

Title: Re: Is this advisable to do on the edge of a brand new bat?
Post by: strang on April 05, 2019, 03:20:56 PM

Hardly a test of cricket skills.