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[justnotcricket86]

Mike, can I have one please?

[Simmy]

they go like (No Swearing Please) of a stick i was abit optermistic but dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Vic Nicholas]

like upgrading from an air rifle to a AK47......

I needed smelling salts after reading that! 

[Ayrtek Cricket]

mine is sounding pretty tasty after a 30 min bash with the mallet.....needs a bit more yet tho i fear

[SillyShilly]

Owning a unique Lam, i'm not sure how it compares to the more conventional lam's. Mine was made using a slightly different method, which i still cannot fathom how the hell it was made! Mine sounds very crisp and against the new ball it really cracks off the blade with a very satisfying sound. I would say that they are worth the money. Do they pick up lighter? No. Do they make you a better batsmen? No. Do they give you a little bit more confidence that the 6 will clear the boundary and that slightly aerial shot might clear the fielder? Yes.

[Number4]

Are they legal though

[Colesy]

No.

[petehosk]

As far as I am concerned, they are legal in friendly matches so that's good enough for me!

[Tom]

As far as I am concerned, they are legal in friendly matches so that's good enough for me!

If you're also happy to throw the ball or claim catches which haven't carry in these friendlies then yeh go ahead.

[tommo256]

I use mine in games with umpires and still hasn' been questioned

[Number4]

Let's throw some words around then like unfair advantage, cheating, not playing in the spirit of the game. Maybe the bowler can tamper with ball in these games too and should be ok, oh I don't know maybe even give them some polish to keep the shine or hang on let's let the batsmen glue the bails on

[Number4]

Or let's do what the yanks do to there baseball bats when they cheat, hollow them out and fill them will rubber superballs

[petehosk]

Sorry boys - get down from your high horses!
They were made illegal in firsr class cricket and in league or other such.
So if they are fine to use in friendly matches, then how the hell is that cheating?

I walk if I've nicked the ball, I don't claim catches I haven't taken. I don't ball tamper. But if it's legal to use it, then what's the issue?

[Vic Nicholas]

Let's throw some words around then like unfair advantage, cheating, not playing in the spirit of the game. Maybe the bowler can tamper with ball in these games too and should be ok, oh I don't know maybe even give them some polish to keep the shine or hang on let's let the batsmen glue the bails on

Errr, in my competition every team including my own has a bowler who throws (bowls with a bent arm) the ball rather than bowls.

Most teams have a player that uses the Gray Nicolls Fusion with a carbon handle.

Every team has an Indian batsman that uses the Lams brother - the double wood bat.

Since Murali was cleared of any wrong doing and bowling with a bent arm became legal, as far as I am concerned, in cricket, everything is legal.

Bowlers pick the seams without complaint from the umpire.

John Lever used vaseline to keep the ball shiney - and the MCC said it was OK.

Botham and Lamb accused the Pakistanis of being cheats because Waqar and Akram could make the ball reverse after 40 overs - which is impossible they said, and went to court to fight it.

In the 2005 Ashes, Flintoff and Jones could make the ball reverse violently after 15 overs (with the aid of mints), apparently, unlike the Pakistani's, this was a God given skill.

Would I feel guilty using a Lam?

No.

[petehosk]

Well - I'm actually only talking about using mine in friendlies where it's legal.
But according to Tom, I'm a cheat if I use it in friendlies! 
Not quite sure why! The pros used lams and similar when it was legal, so obviously they were cheats....even before it was banned!