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[procricket]

Is that aimed at me


I use 2 different types I use the puma one same as millichamp and I also have a old Greg Chappell cricket centre one.

I also have a white lingnet tent hammer but I think it has gone a bit flat and rings my bats

[Over Gully]

I follow a pretty simple knocking in process. For the edges I do hit them with the mallet on the 45, which is frowned upon by most, but as Paul from IJC has said in one of his knocking in videos on YouTube, if done with care it allows for better control rather than glancing blows. I also do run the edges along the bathtub/bathroom sink and it works very well indeed. The edges, and the bottom 3-4 inches of the blade nearest the toe are where I focus most of my energies, then obviously enough hits on the face to ensure that a cricket ball doesn't do any early damage, being an opener this is far more important being exposed to the new ball.

[OwzatOllie]

I generally round the edges off and spend about an hour - 90 mins on them all together, then probably around 45 mins- hour on the toe, a bit longer towards the edges on the face, and on the face I generally hit them quite hard, trying to do about 40 whacks on one spot at a time then moving along slightly to get the face even,

Once I feel like the only thing that will compress the face is striking it as hard as possible, I head to the nets, generally any sort of bowling, any light seam marks I will ignore but heavy ones I will re-knock

[fasteddie]

Is that aimed at me


I use 2 different types I use the puma one same as millichamp and I also have a old Greg Chappell cricket centre one.

I also have a white lingnet tent hammer but I think it has gone a bit flat and rings my bats

A misunderstanding Dave.
I wasn't alluding the the mallet, more the bat.
Some bats last ages, mine normally two or three seasons, possibly more now I play less.

Your having two bats always in 'prep' mode sounds as if you wear them out quick.

Oh, I use a ball on a stick to start with, roll the edges with the big mallet handle, and then start gently (and methodically) with the heavy (slightly rounded faced) mallet. No rush. I like to get the grains opening before I put the scuff on.

I find that taking time with the bat early doors means you get the grips right, can tinker with new gripping and balance ideas, and when it's ready, you know the bat well.

Still, nothing matters when your talent is degrading with age!

[procricket]

No worrys mate hope your well bud no I go through around a bat sometimes 2 a season bud
Got potentially 60-70 games including a few 2 Dayers so need them ready and good to go.

I treat cricket as a kind of job the better I do the more days away from work I guess.

[fasteddie]

No worrys mate hope your well bud no I go through around a bat sometimes 2 a season bud
Got potentially 60-70 games including a few 2 Dayers so need them ready and good to go.

I treat cricket as a kind of job the better I do the more days away from work I guess.

Life's good, hope your pre-season is cracking on.

My wife would go mental if I went back to those levels. Only in your job can you do that!

Problem I had with that amount away was 'Confidential' time. My boss never gave the the A2 whilst I was playing loads.
You must have a great boss.

Some days I miss the Army, especially when it comes to the cricket season.

[praguetaz]

Gents...

Sorry for resurrecting this thread but not learning the lessons of previous years I lent what I am planning on being my new match bat in nets to a couple of team mates after my relatively short session due to numbers who came down. This was to give it more time and of course one of them took one on the shoulder leaving a crack on the face.. it's not too bad as in previous years where toes have gone but this got me thinking..

I've knocked it in for a few hours at least with a bat mallet (not the best one you can get) and it feels good as well as done the toes and edges religiously as I've lost so many bats in previous years to damage in these areas. However, today I've have been using the 'ball in sock' method which seems a great way to get good coverage using a ball which must hit more surface area than a rounded mallet.

Is this correct and how many other people still use the 'ball in sock' method before taking it into a game?