Print

[jamferg]

Perhaps a ICC squad of examiners who can turn up at any first class match or bat manufacturers at any time to inspect all bats? Licence to go anywhere?

[Tom]

They do occasionally check at matches, just not often enough. Been caught once...

[jamferg]

I was caught by an oppo player who spotted mine when I was knocking up because of the distance short littel prods were flying! Then threatened to shop me to the owner of D&P ( his mate in SA ) as I have the stickers on the bat.. he let me play with it he said because he wanted to see it in action in a match..51 off 20 odd balls later he was calling the league secretary

[Simmy]

im scared of getting caught with mine. so tend to only use it in sunday games lol

[petehosk]

Maybe they could hire freelance detectives to examine bats - call them The Unflappables or something. Tom - you'd be ideal as you can spot them.
You could carry a badge and everything 

[Canners]

do these bats perform significantly better than a top performing keeley pressed bat? i'm dubious tbh

[aidy1098]

Maybe they could hire freelance detectives to examine bats - call them The Unflappables or something. Tom - you'd be ideal as you can spot them.
You could carry a badge and everything 

haha not sure too many club cricketers would know what a laminate bat is, never mind someone going round inspecting there bats

[Simmy]

do these bats perform significantly better than a top performing keeley pressed bat? i'm dubious tbh

id say so yeah. dont get me wrong ur not gonna beable to hit the ball an extra 20 meters but i find that for normal shots like pushes and stuff u get alot more out of it. if there was no gain out of it why wud tim make them?

[jonwilson]

interesting site
http://engineeringsport.co.uk/2009/10/27/cricket-bat-innovation-smothered-by-law-6/

I like the idea of genetically engineered super willow

[100 not out]

Repairs are allowed are they not. Is a laminate a refaced bat?

You could argue that I think.

[Tom]

Surface damage, which a refacing would repair, cannot be repaired with solid material.

[tim2000s]

To be fair, no-one who doesn't know will spot it. my 'uzi' is not at all obvious and is rather like betting with a trampoline in your hand. you'd need to be in the know.

[Liam-SCCC]

I was talking to someone who was saying that he was supplying a county cricketer with laminates. When the player questioned it's legality, he said to send the bats to him and he would reface the bats and class it as a repair.

[Tom]

Mike?

[Number4]

It would depend on if they'd stickered it up in their livery and the MCC type A sticker is there. If it's used in a First Class game and the Type A sticker isn't there, then ban the player. If it's used in a First Class game and the Type a sticker is there, ban them both.

The Type A sticker is akin to a registration plate on a Ferrari.

I tend to agree with Tom on this one