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Equipment => Other Gear => Topic started by: Charlie coulthard on August 28, 2019, 02:37:27 PM
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Hi all, this might have been mentioned on another Thread but how come sometimes you might look at a pros bats and you can consistently see the red marks/cherries on the bat. The pics below were all from the same tour to the West Indies and you can see the ball marks look like smudges and splatters. In the West Indies they use the dukes ball so I was wondering if it’s the balls or scuff sheet or conditions etc. https://www.cricket.com.au/~/media/News/2015/06/4Voges_bat.ashx?la=en&hash=CDB6938B5CB159972E324358DD143956D1976051 (https://www.cricket.com.au/~/media/News/2015/06/4Voges_bat.ashx?la=en&hash=CDB6938B5CB159972E324358DD143956D1976051)
https://www.cricket.com.au/-/media/News/2015/06/15warnerbatting.ashx (https://www.cricket.com.au/-/media/News/2015/06/15warnerbatting.ashx)
https://www.cricket.com.au/~/-/media/News/2015/06/15stevesmithcherries.ashx?w=1600 (https://www.cricket.com.au/~/-/media/News/2015/06/15stevesmithcherries.ashx?w=1600)
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Hi all, this might have been mentioned on another Thread but how come sometimes you might look at a pros bats and you can consistently see the red marks/cherries on the bat.
It's because, unlike us, they can actually get bat on ball.
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I don't know, this was my bat after a decent knock...
(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/buzzrockport/IMAG1268_zpssijqdmfc.jpg)
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Hi all, this might have been mentioned on another Thread but how come sometimes you might look at a pros bats and you can consistently see the red marks/cherries on the bat. The pics below were all from the same tour to the West Indies and you can see the ball marks look like smudges and splatters. In the West Indies they use the dukes ball so I was wondering if it’s the balls or scuff sheet or conditions etc. https://www.cricket.com.au/~/media/News/2015/06/4Voges_bat.ashx?
la=en&hash=CDB6938B5CB159972E324358DD143956D1976051 (https://www.cricket.com.au/~/media/News/2015/06/4Voges_bat.ashx?la=en&hash=CDB6938B5CB159972E324358DD143956D1976051)
https://www.cricket.com.au/-/media/News/2015/06/15warnerbatting.ashx (https://www.cricket.com.au/-/media/News/2015/06/15warnerbatting.ashx)
https://www.cricket.com.au/~/-/media/News/2015/06/15stevesmithcherries.ashx?w=1600 (https://www.cricket.com.au/~/-/media/News/2015/06/15stevesmithcherries.ashx?w=1600)
In these pics there is scuff sheet on bats. I hardly had any cherries in past. But I used GM with scuff sheet in 2 nets last 2 weeks and it's full of cherries
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Do you know what scuff sheets? Need to make my bats well used...
GM ones
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GM ones
I would concur with this. Of all the brands I have used, these seem to take on the most ball marks
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On the opposite end I have a roll of sheet from an Indian overseas. In 1020 runs this season I have 4 cherries on the bat. No idea what makes it keep the marks off so well.
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Pretty sure there’s a company on eBay that sells similar stuff, 50m for about 20 quid I think
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I don't know, this was my bat after a decent knock...
([url]http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/buzzrockport/IMAG1268_zpssijqdmfc.jpg[/url])
Almost had a inside shoulder chipped off!
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something to do with the West Indies.. i've noticed this too.
look at one of Steve Smith's old bats (6:54) in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OaSQeLx3qQ&t=566s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OaSQeLx3qQ&t=566s)
he even says "as you can tell by looking at the cherries"