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Equipment => Bats => Reviews => Topic started by: Master-Basterd on August 14, 2008, 08:50:43 PM
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Intro
Right, today i was down the nets with a couple of lads from my club, and we went inside to wacth england vs Zealand and the club pro came in who is sponsored by bas vampire and plays for Cape Cobras in south Africa, so he came in with the massive box of bats so everyone was crowding round when he started to open the box, so out came 12 brand new bas vampire shadow bats all made to his specs, so after everyone stopped gawking at the guns Benji hector (the club pro) piped up and said 100 each so i quickly rang my mum for a birthday advance.
The Choice
He had every profile you could imagine, very high middles very low and medium. The one that stuck out the most was a 2.9 monster, its F!%$#ng huge it has 40mm edges with a medium middle,
Performance
after i bagged my bargin i strolled back to the nets and had about 20 throwdowns, i sent them right back at my friend very hard i thought bloody hell this is the dogs-nutsack but i did not wont to dent it two much so when it comes to knocking in i dint have a fat dent.
Looks
after getting over that the bat had so much ping for 7-8 grains i studied the stickers, i think they a very sexy with the black and the chrome stickers so all in all i am very pleased with my gun without a trigger, i would value your professional opinions from the pica below.
Pics
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/bnncc/P140808_211103.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/bnncc/P140808_2112.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/bnncc/P140808_2111.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/bnncc/P140808_211101.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/bnncc/P140808_211102.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/bnncc/P140808_2109.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/bnncc/P140808_2110.jpg)
Thanks for your time.
James Morgan
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Nice review.Nice bat.Nice website on computer but this sounds terrible...
so after that i sat down and started stroking my gun just waiting for my money to arrive
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Nice review.Nice bat.Nice website on computer but this sounds terrible...
i wasnt realy stroking it lol
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Your gun as in your bat?
And sexy stickers...?! Mate, I'm worried!
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A lot of overseas Pro's buy bats cheap to sell here for a profit, I remember seeing D&P Thunderbolts 10 years ago from our South African. They won't 10 bats for any other reason, a county Pro might only have 3/4 bats
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I do really like the bat though... have you tested it with the mallet?
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Sorry, I don't think it can be a pro bat just because it was bought by a pro. As has been stated else where, it is only a pro bat if it is being used, or has been used, by a professional. It doesn't look amazing, of course absence of decent photos may be to blame, but the stickers are nice...
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play for banbury then do you. i recognised the name of your pro at your club. nice bat and an even better price you payed for it
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play for banbury then do you. i recognised the name of your pro at your club. nice bat and an even better price you payed for it
He sure does... that used to be his username
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Right, these 12 bats where hand made for Benji hector according to his specs, and anyway banbury cricket club pays him a hefty fee for coming over to england to play for us in the home counties premier league.
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Are they any left??
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thought they wern't pro enough for you maxxed :P?
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They're not, I couldn't give a damn if it's pro or not!
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Right, these 12 bats where hand made for Benji hector according to his specs, and anyway banbury cricket club pays him a hefty fee for coming over to england to play for us in the home counties premier league.
i swear im sposed to be playing banbury when i go on tour at the beginning on September you up near oxford way? i could be wrong tho?
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you're reasoning is stupid tho, surely if they've come from a pro to his specs....
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As long as it performs doesn't really matter where it's come from. He's not a top pro either (compared to Amla for example), so chances are even if it is one of his they'll be not much different to one off the shelf.
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Am I on my own, a big box of 12 bats all made to one mans specs and all different sizes..... Its just a job lot of bats being sold by the overseas player. What player has ever had 12 bats for his own use????
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you're reasoning is stupid tho, surely if they've come from a pro to his specs....
if they are his specs, and a pro quality bat, why is he getting rid?
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Maybe he wants money rather than 12 bats? Maybe he wants to provide junior players with quality bats?
We will never know as we dont know him ;)
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he already has his 1 out of the 12 that felt the best so he sold the others
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Pics arent working for me mate.
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Nor me :(
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I would guess they're not working because the topic was over 2 years ago and they've got removed by the site they weere on?
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I am sure that PH has cleaned up his photo library, and as it's very old then these got removed or deleted.
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Ohh crap! sorry for bringing up an old topic lads. Didnt look at the date and for some reason it said it was a recent post :S