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XP80

22 (25.9%)

50+

21 (24.7%)

Warner's

15 (17.6%)

Neither

11 (12.9%)

Be Snoop Dogg and invest in weed

16 (18.8%)

Total Members Voted: 83

[Marc28]

Didn't mean to shoot the post down
Obviously.
Just couldn't imagine batting with a bat that huge
Or could I

[InternalTraining]

Shapes of 50+ and Warner look identical to me. XP bats look interesting as they don't have large edges and some concaving; with that shape you are conditioned to play with the middle of the bat and it is great for bouncy pitches. I'd opt for XP80.

[TangoWhiskey]

I genuinely don't think the size of the bat matters. Speaking from a physics point of view, it just doesn't make any sense that two bats weighing the same but in different proportions would hit the ball any differently out the middle, save for the natural variances in the willow.

[WalkingWicket37]

I genuinely don't think the size of the bat matters. Speaking from a physics point of view, it just doesn't make any sense that two bats weighing the same but in different proportions would hit the ball any differently out the middle, save for the natural variances in the willow.

You could argue the bigger one wouldn't hit the ball as far if the bat came down at anything other than a dead straight angle, and the bigger dimensions would result in greater wind resistance.

We are off course talking minimal margins here, and that something that literally just popped into my head

[ppccopener]

You could argue the bigger one wouldn't hit the ball as far if the bat came down at anything other than a dead straight angle, and the bigger dimensions would result in greater wind resistance.

We are off course talking minimal margins here, and that something that literally just popped into my head

is it not force into the bat-and then into the ball?  a bat weighing 3lb used by a 10 stone bloke wont hit the ball off the square. a 3lb bat used by chris gayle will do.

is this not why most club players cannot hit the ball further with a heavier bat-presuming you are not overly very physically strong.

I'm hitting the ball harder and further with a bat weighing 2lb 9oz than any bat ive used at 2lb 11 or 12oz.

is that not it?

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Volume isn't what make the ball fly into the distance, it's the force. Don't recall any formulae where "something */ volume = force", but then I only did A level physics so I'm no Einstein.

[dilscoop]

Work = force x distance