Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Colesy on April 18, 2010, 07:40:08 PM
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Could someone please describe one to me as one was used against me today (I think)
Did Kookaburra make any other Kahunas with black stickers on the back to make it look like it was graphite?
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I think it had a graphite reinforcement, So would make the bat ping better,
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Some saffa was using one today, I picked it straight away and knew it was illegal.
Q: is it illegal or allowable like the Carbon GN's and Newberys?
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Its illegal in the pro game. But club cricket its fine, Same with the Carbo handles,
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should be legal still, something about it's natural life span (i.e use them untill they break) - essentially, you cant buy them new or use them in certain grades of cricket - village cricket should be fine i think, but im sure Tom, Andy, Mike etc could clarify better than I!!
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Damn him and his outrageous bat
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It is perfectly legal to use, can be used until it breaks liked stated. But can't be repaired legally and can't be a sold
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It can be repaired in any way required, and sold on!!!
Similar to one of my bats that had a bit of damage and was refaced, perfectly legal.
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When I meant sold, I meant by retailers, brand new.
What was the no repairs rule for? Or am I dreaming it up?
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Carbon handles if they break can't be replaced with Carbon handles. Only a current handle which meets the laws can be used.
Kookaburra did various models of graphite, there was a Diablo graphite, Beast graphite, Kahuna graphite and they also did the Beast and Kahuna lower models with fibreglass reinforced blades. The bottom ranges were just painted/a sticker.
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So it's possible that this bat had a sticker on the back?
It sounded like a plank but went well
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no, its a graphite plater stuck to the willow. About 5mm thick
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Ok cheers guys
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I could grab my mates graphite harrow RP off him to snap a few pics. Not sure when I could get it though.
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It could have been a sticker, graphite or fibreglass
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ahh ok, my mates definitely isn't a sticker and neither were any of the ones I have seen
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Question, is reblading a carbon handle legal? Purely out of interest
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I presume so as it's not it's "natural" life.
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Certain carbo handles are allowed not sure of the law but I know James lavers carbo core is allowed but maybe Tom Andy or mike could explain why something to do with less than 10 per cent
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I think there is a certain percentage of the handle is allowed to be carbon fibre, not sure how much but the Gray Nichols handle breached this which is why it is illegal.
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The old handles sold before the ban came into place are still legal, you may also reblade one of these. The GN handle was a simple plastic tube to lower the weight, unlike carbon handles used by others they did not run it by the MCC and started making noises about performance enhancing qualities so got the whole handle law changed.