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General Cricket => Players => Topic started by: Colesy on March 21, 2010, 08:12:53 PM

Title: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Colesy on March 21, 2010, 08:12:53 PM
Which pros use what bats?

Is it true all GM sponsored players have to use GM willow?
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: AlRidd on March 21, 2010, 08:14:21 PM
I think so, although most have them made by Kevin as opposed to the machine made ones
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: stubbzy on March 21, 2010, 08:17:32 PM
i noticed ravi is using an SS ton in the IPL
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: alexrickyponting on March 21, 2010, 08:18:23 PM
i think he only used it for one match, or at least in the other matches it was stickered up :)
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Colesy on March 21, 2010, 08:18:34 PM
I heard about that, used a GM today though lol. May have had a phone call ;)
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Talisman on March 22, 2010, 11:35:54 AM
GM have no need to allow players to use other brands, IPL is just knockabout fun and players are being given bats from many company's to use for a little flash money. Ravi used an SS last year and the Indian players apart from the top 2 or 3 will swap brands on a hourly basis as they just use free kit.
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: christianpurchase99 on March 22, 2010, 12:02:51 PM
to be fair i dont think hayden uses a mongoose at the start of his innings! it looks like a regular sized bat to me!
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Liam-SCCC on March 22, 2010, 02:16:26 PM
It a Cor3!

Think tom said he personally shipped them out to their players.
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Tom on March 22, 2010, 02:17:03 PM
Hayden's I'm not sure about, he has been switching bats so often. Symonds' definitely is.
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: peplow on March 22, 2010, 02:42:28 PM
Makes me laugh as hayden will be the only one with an mmi in most matches, well pretty much all of them, but the dugout always seems full of them when he is playing, how many does he have?? Every match he is in there are tons of them around!
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Tom on March 22, 2010, 02:43:46 PM
3. After his innings a number of his team mates have been practicing with his bats.
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: peplow on March 22, 2010, 02:46:03 PM
Thats good then, hoping to sign a few of them up?? ;)
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Tom on March 22, 2010, 02:46:36 PM
Would prefer if they went out and used it FOC like Raina did!
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Mr Cricket on March 22, 2010, 03:59:19 PM
the best things in life are free...
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: niall1995 on March 22, 2010, 07:54:57 PM
Would prefer if they went out and used it FOC like Raina did!

FOC?
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on March 22, 2010, 07:57:44 PM
free of charge = FOC
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: niall1995 on March 22, 2010, 08:01:33 PM
Ah ok Tom ela. (Other in Irish.)
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: steelcouch on March 22, 2010, 08:28:28 PM
you've done really well with that Mongoose stuff.
I was watching the other day when they were doing some continuity and it was "Mongoose.... IPL..." and loads of clips of Hayden smashing it with words like "incredible and awesome
It was like an advert

 Only the 1 Billion watching that then
you have to give us a clue as to how much it cost you guys. (i would imagine it is working out good value at the moment!)
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Tom on March 22, 2010, 08:36:41 PM
The beauty of having a new product in an industry which has stayed very conservative for the past 100 years is people talk about you.
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: hell4leather cricket on March 22, 2010, 09:08:27 PM
tom, since the ipl coverage have you seen a increase in sales of gooses?
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Tom on March 22, 2010, 09:13:18 PM
Definitely.
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Colesy on March 22, 2010, 09:15:59 PM
Particularly the MMi3?
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Tom on March 22, 2010, 09:18:42 PM
Yep, it's always outsold the CoR3. But at the moment it's selling fantastically well.
Title: Re: Pro's REAL bats
Post by: Colesy on March 22, 2010, 09:24:13 PM
Good to hear :)