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[Marc28]

Not sure if anyone has done a thread like this before so bear with me,

I found play indoor cricket and am now into my second season, I've used my h4l Nv but this was too awkward in way as its about quick cricket and not power hitting since I've been using a friends gunn and Moore aura 404 not much to look at but ok for what it is, today I purchased a new season gunn and Moore six6 404 again not expensive 83 quid but a good all round profile for using indoor quite light 2lb9 ish and with a good pick up,

Just wondering what everyone else is using a I've seen some big bats one of my teammates has what feels like a 4lb piece of driftwood huge bulky and a very old gunn and Moore

[smilley792]

I use 2-14/13 on normal cricket.


I have a 2.9 ca just for indoors, not sure about others but we play off 18 yards, so the extra bat speed is a lot more helpful for me from the lighter bat.

Plus as we use a soft ball, I find ping isn't really a factor. It's flies off anything, you really could use a plank!

[tom line]

Personally, I use a 2.4 bat. It is the lightest bat I have and is ridiculously concaved, the ping isn't great at all, but for indoor when we play off shorter distance around 18 yards and use a soft ball made of high density foam with an outer shell that is slightly harder. As Chris says literally anything pings off in there so I find a light bat has no disadvantages. I have seen a few people in there using ridiculously big balsa wood bats only one or two people but they are really lift and huge but don't actually affect anything but mentally at all

[Rob580]

I took the plane to an old Slazenger, got it down to about 1.12.

It's a soft ball so it's all about hand speed and hitting the ball square (as in not slicing it) 'Ping' as people seem to like to call it makes no difference, you could hit it just as far with a frying pan......

[edge]

Depends a lot on the ball you're using. I use my lighter bats for indoor, but they're only a couple of ounces shy of what I use in the Saturday leagues outdoor. Agree a good quality bat isn't really important inside, but it helps!