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Title: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: InternalTraining on May 03, 2024, 12:08:34 AM: Corked baseball bats generate better speeds than normal baseball bats. Has anyone tried to "cork" a cricket bat like a corked baseball bat? If so, what were the results?
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: Jimbo on May 03, 2024, 05:22:11 AM: Is the principle not quite similar to a laminate cricket bat?
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: FattusCattus on May 03, 2024, 07:40:37 AM: Didn't Hunts put a hole down the middle of one of their bats, and a honeycombed back to another?
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: jonny77 on May 03, 2024, 08:19:21 AM: Send it didn't help baseball batters hit it further. Going back to the debate I suppose of big and light isn't better. Although there seems to be potentially perceived benefits from swinging quicker and therefore later?

https://www.technologyreview.com/2010/09/16/200387/the-misleading-myth-of-the-corked-bat/ (https://www.technologyreview.com/2010/09/16/200387/the-misleading-myth-of-the-corked-bat/)

There have been holes drilled into clefts, but this was more to just reduce weight in heavy clefts. If it seriously affected performance, every bat would be drilled out.
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: Neon Cricket on May 03, 2024, 12:05:35 PM: Quote from: FattusCattus on May 03, 2024, 07:40:37 AM
Didn't Hunts put a hole down the middle of one of their bats, and a honeycombed back to another?

Yeah Hunts used to drill a hole through the bottom of the splice V cut down about 3/4 inches into the cleft (Turbo range), it used to take around an oz of weight out from memory. I had quite a few of them back in the day (must've been ~2014/15) and never saw it have any negative impact on performance or longevity, I know of a few still being used that came in for refurb over winter.
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: KettonJake on May 03, 2024, 09:30:49 PM: They have also corked them in the past I believe
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: Bats_Entertainment on May 03, 2024, 10:49:40 PM: Quote from: FattusCattus on May 03, 2024, 07:40:37 AM
Didn't Hunts put a hole down the middle of one of their bats, and a honeycombed back to another?

The honeycombed back might have been Slazenger.
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: Kulli on May 04, 2024, 06:44:23 AM: The honeycomb was Hints.
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: Bats_Entertainment on May 04, 2024, 11:34:41 AM: Quote from: Kulli on May 04, 2024, 06:44:23 AM
The honeycomb was Hints.

What did it look like? (Don't say honeycomb!)
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: Kulli on May 04, 2024, 01:18:22 PM: (https://i.ibb.co/x29vmbM/IMG-2097.webp) (https://ibb.co/wdGHJqK)

The Modulus IIRC, seem to remember it was a warranty disaster.
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: mr_reagan on May 05, 2024, 04:40:51 PM: If it doenst improve performance whats the point. Its just adding a layer of complexity for no reason. There are much easier ways to get a bat down to a playable weight
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: InternalTraining on July 26, 2024, 11:37:37 PM: Isn't this a corked bat?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9UOtQkSPRY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9UOtQkSPRY)

Gray-Nicolls is making corked bats.
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: skip1973 on July 27, 2024, 03:09:53 AM: No, there is no cork in it!
Title: Re: Corked Cricket Bat
Post by: InternalTraining on July 27, 2024, 06:23:33 PM: Quote from: skip1973 on July 27, 2024, 03:09:53 AM
No, there is no cork in it!

Very observant of you. There is an entire cane handle in there.