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[mo_town]

I spend the best part of, oh, 10 minutes knocking my bats in. It makes the toddler cry and drives my missus up the wall, its easily worth the £20 to get the manufacturer to knock it in and stick a scuff sheet on it. I use it to give catching practice to our junior team to knock it in further.

I actually quite enjoy nets where my main focus is on not breaking my bat rather than worrying about my technique. Defensive pushes only, leave any Yorkers.

We're amateur cricketers, a bat is "match-ready" when you feel confident you can play an attacking shot without breaking it. However it might take an additional 2-3 months to really open up and start pinging nicely.

Leave any yorkers? That is very interesting. How do you manage to do that?

[jayralh]

Leave any yorkers? That is very interesting. How do you manage to do that?

I tried that in last net and wont do that ever again. Moved bat away but couldn't manage to move my foot. Ball went right on my toe, I was lucky it didnt crack any bone. If it was match, it was dead LBW plus shame of limping back to dressing room.

[SLA]

Leave any yorkers? That is very interesting. How do you manage to do that?

Just don't bring the bat down?

Obviously if its a leg stump yorker, move your foot as well.

[Calzehbhoy]

I normally light some joss sticks and hold a little ceremony for it whereby you whisper sweet nothings of all the wonderful shots it will play on my behalf! After this ceremony I make it sit and watch a highlight reel of Vaughan in Oz 02-03 and ensure it has fully perfected the cover drive without me needed to control it.

Once this pre-preparation is completed I then let it spend the night with me to fully complete our bond.



Than... And only then.... Is it ready to use in a game!