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[Bats_Entertainment]

Eh, I play park cricket, we don't have the same rules as MCC approved tournaments.

Do you not? You just make it up?

[Bats_Entertainment]

I think you'll find that, as far as the laws are concerned, the book is the book. Anything else is regulations.

[jonny77]

Sorry to be so brutal fellas. Not saying I'm right and you know what they say about opinions! 😆

[Bats_Entertainment]

Fred Trueman borrowed a bat from the colliery to make his debut for Yorkshire.

[myic90]

Sorry to be so brutal fellas. Not saying I'm right and you know what they say about opinions! 😆

Thanks Jonny! Making very fair points. I guess it's all psychological after all. For me, I'm like a dog chasing cars when it comes to this stuff, incorrigible!

Pssst, do you make blue secret butterfly willow that will ping better than player bats?  Don't tell the others! I'll buy them all!

[jonny77]

Yes mate.. All gauge busters and cheap too.

[Bats_Entertainment]

There's a blue book you can buy quite cheaply. I've played in park cricket, so I know it will come in useful regardless of the significance you attribute to willow.

Also: blue towels are as good as any other colour.

[jonny77]

There's a blue book you can buy quite cheaply. I've played in park cricket, so I know it will come in useful regardless of the significance you attribute to willow.

Also: blue towels are as good as any other colour.

You've lost me here mate I'm afraid??

[Bats_Entertainment]

You've lost me here mate I'm afraid??

Was for the park cricketer. No problem.

[Chad]

I don't mean to be a killjoy, but isn't this bat illegal?

Then stop being a killjoy? It seems a bit of a pattern that you derail threads a bit, post rather cryptic messages, and in this case, shame someone for using a bat they like because you think it may be 'illegal'. Good thing he doesn't need to be the kind of person you like. And even if Alex had kept blue willow quiet, (Despite actually mentioning that he's a big fan of it in a video that they've published) why does he need to tell us everything?

I really cannot be asked to do the trig calculations required, but the gauge is generally 40mm at the edge, 110mm wide, 68mm for the spine, with a 5mm camber on the face. The bat is narrower than that, so the max edge allowable will be higher than the 40mm you'd have at 110mm. (It's around 41mm at 108mm) This will be due to the angle allowed for the back shape, plus the face camber. The gauge may flex, the wood may compress slightly, but you'd be able to get it through. Even if it gets stuck, a 2 minute job boning the back edge will get it through the gauge. If you follow the law to the absolute letter, then any bat with an edge over 40mm, regardless of width or if it goes through the gauge, is illegal. Feel free to police your games that way - the OP's games aren't.

What on earth have I just spent 5 mins reading and the last 15 mins replying to... Maybe someone's just pissed on my cornflakes this morning.


And while I'm at it, absolutely burn @jonny77 at the stake - he refused to sell me the bat which he then went on to score 90 odd and 100 with in consecutive innings. I was quite clearly denied nearly tripling my run tally for the year!

[Bats_Entertainment]

The bat's illegal according to the Laws of Cricket. End of.

The people keen to tell you that they're "not taking it too seriously" or that "it doesn't matter at this level" are usually the same ones who want to fight you when an LBW decision doesn't go their way.

Typically massive shower avoiders.

[Wickets-then-runs]

I bet you're fun at a party!