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Title: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: peplow on March 04, 2010, 04:41:48 PM
Anyone see the zimmers bat snap in half :L after a roach yorker, looked nasty. Dont think a refurb will sort that one out!!!!!
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on March 04, 2010, 04:42:36 PM
Bit of glue and some tape mate will be good as new!
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: peplow on March 04, 2010, 04:45:04 PM
He looked pretty distraught about it :L, especially considering he was out too!!  looking at it as he walked off. He did well to make 95 with it!!
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Post by: Buzz on March 04, 2010, 04:47:35 PM
got any pics???
I was once batting with someone who played a forward defensive and the bat just snapped in two... I assume something similar has just happened?
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Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on March 04, 2010, 04:48:35 PM
Yeah just below the spice clean into 2 parts!
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: peplow on March 04, 2010, 04:50:07 PM
I'd be hating it if it was mine, but suppose he'll just get another one from his sponsor! This happened to nayone on here?
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Post by: seedy on March 04, 2010, 04:51:27 PM
Awesome footage seeing that snap!
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Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on March 04, 2010, 04:56:10 PM
yeah looked like he hit the floor with it which casued it to break whilst trying to block the yorker....pick both parts of ur bat up and trundle off 5 short of ur tonne!
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Post by: hit4six on March 04, 2010, 05:01:36 PM
This happened to nayone on here?

Not personally, but got a bat here that it has happened to, and somehow repaired.
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: peplow on March 04, 2010, 05:02:40 PM
better to be 5 short of your ton, than being on 5 though!! Look on the brightside!
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Post by: quick-keep on March 04, 2010, 05:03:49 PM
Happened to me with a nitro :( I only made 15 though :D
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Post by: Skully on March 04, 2010, 05:14:31 PM
he was bowled and the bat snaped? I have to see this. Didnt a NZ bat snap during a game against england a couple years ago?
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: peplow on March 04, 2010, 05:15:21 PM
Rob keys did aswell as i remember....

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Post by: hell4leather cricket on March 04, 2010, 05:28:36 PM
good advert for gray nics !
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Post by: quick-keep on March 04, 2010, 05:45:31 PM
Yeah! Is it a bad thing that a gn handle wobbled on live tv?
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: Liam-SCCC on March 04, 2010, 05:52:15 PM
That that is common, but we only see it because it's slow mo. I have the pictures if rob keys bat, he pushed it to mid on and the bat broke when sliding it in. McCullams bat already had a huge crack in the bat
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Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on March 04, 2010, 06:02:36 PM
not the best picture as snapped it off the TV but you get the picture (so to speak)
(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq167/tom_ayrtek/2425bc20.jpg)
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: Liam-SCCC on March 04, 2010, 06:37:19 PM
Haha, gutted! here is the pictures of rob keys bat

(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc207/liam_sccc/IMGP4084.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc207/liam_sccc/IMGP4085.jpg)
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: peplow on March 04, 2010, 06:38:19 PM
That bat is hugeee, i remember thinking that at the time.

But to be fair, rob key is also huge!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: Talisman on March 04, 2010, 06:41:32 PM
The Zim players bat broke most likely due to a fault when spliced, Key's most likely the low density sped up the willow fault, sap is glue.
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Post by: Apple on March 04, 2010, 11:05:15 PM
on a different note, i go to rob keys old school, just thought I would throw that out there
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Post by: Colesy on March 04, 2010, 11:11:26 PM
My first bat, a GM Purist 606, snapped like Flintoff's did, right up the blade :( I loved that bat
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Post by: Cover_Drive on March 10, 2010, 02:33:55 AM
Both are GN bats
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Post by: Howzat on March 10, 2010, 10:25:03 AM
Are they really Cover_Drive???
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Post by: 400notout on March 10, 2010, 10:39:47 AM
Mr Keys isn't.....
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Post by: Apple on March 10, 2010, 08:38:49 PM
they both have lovley gn stickers on, but I doubt for some reason key uses a GN
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: Talisman on March 11, 2010, 07:36:43 AM
He has been using them last season, but he wasn't happy and used another bat maker.
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Post by: niceonechoppy on March 11, 2010, 08:14:35 AM
Denly has moved to Kooka, Swann to GM, Anderson to Goose, has Key gone anywhere or still a GN boy?
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Post by: Talisman on March 11, 2010, 09:46:47 AM
He is sponsored by GN.
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Post by: Apple on March 11, 2010, 05:20:32 PM
Gn have lost some players but they have kept the england skipper and the current skipper as well
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Post by: Talisman on March 11, 2010, 09:30:03 PM
Most big Brands are cutting back the number of players and their sponsorship money quite hard.
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: Apple on March 11, 2010, 09:41:33 PM
prioritizing?
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: armie on March 12, 2010, 05:02:03 AM
those two bats are a real mess. I remember Collingwood broke 3 SX Ultimates in the 05 tour in Pakistan. The last one split in half from toe to the splice. 
Title: Re: Zimbabwe bat
Post by: pumakid on March 12, 2010, 07:04:24 PM
Denly has moved to Kooka, Swann to GM, Anderson to Goose, has Key gone anywhere or still a GN boy?
At scarborough a few years back he could only say great things about them, quality and service wise. Whether this has changed over the past year i do not know