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AndrewS

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MSR Net Bat
« on: October 18, 2014, 09:08:22 PM »
I was after a cheap < £50 net bat and picked one up from MSR on eBay.

After spending about 30 mins going through the catalogue, I found a stickerless butterfly, in a reasonable shape with reasonable grains/face. It was marked as a "2lb 10oz - PERFORMANCE ENGLISH WILLOW CRICKET BAT" and:

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English willow Cricket bat - Exceptional Performance
Superb Rebound and Performance
Massive Profile huge edges
9 Grain
Powerful - Great value for money
Great rebound
Balanced pick-up
Somebody will pick up a top performing bat for next to nothing

The bat arrived quick enough, weighed out of the box and came in at 2'10.6 so pretty much spot on. First impressions:

The grip was the worst thing in the world, ever... ever - quickly came off and the binding underneath was pretty grubby.
As you'd expect for £45, there are a few scratches and dings but apart from that (and the grip), the finish is pretty good

The ping off the bat is pretty good but it's quite toe heavy so added a grip to balance it out. Even though I prefer thinner handles it isn't too bad. Knocking in is taking a while with the butterfly marks being pretty dead to start with but are coming round. Apart from that, I think this will do the job. The only issue now is that with the second grip, the shoe goo on the toe and the scuff sheet (which I'm not sure why I applied seeing as it's a net bat), it's now teetering around the 10'12.5 mark. I might need to revisit that to reduce the weight closer to my match bat.

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Re: MSR Net Bat
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2014, 10:21:14 AM »
Pretty nice pick for the price.

I've seen a whole stack of MSR bats on E-Bay Australia.

Wouldn't stress about the butterfly. Paul Aldred (from Aldred Cricket), reckons some of the best bats he has ever had were butterfly bats.

We forget far too often that bats are graded (and priced for that matter) on how pretty they are, not how well they perform.
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Re: MSR Net Bat
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2014, 10:23:04 AM »
ive bought a couple of these bats from msr. the ones that have been used are all really good bats and play nicely once knocked in which did take a while
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Re: MSR Net Bat
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2014, 11:48:22 AM »
It's value for money in my opinion, definitely fits the bill as a net bat. If you feel it's heavier for you then give reducing weight a try, if you realized it's heavier after weighing it you can leave it as it is don't go by the nos. go by the feel.
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Re: MSR Net Bat
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2014, 04:04:12 PM »
Cracking stick for 45 notes. As others have said butterfly tends to be harder but goes well when knocked in.

Our skipper has a £40 MSR and the thing is a beast - not the prettiest by any stretch but the thing is literally all middle - that isn't an understatement either!
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