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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #60 on: September 23, 2011, 11:05:24 AM »

Well the MCC are the ones who do the laws on bats. They also often send out a representative to tournaments who knows their onions to check bats and work alongside the on field ICC umpires. Which is how I got caught...

How you got caught?
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #61 on: September 23, 2011, 11:07:31 AM »

MCC guy went round the changing room taking up grips, scuff sheets and binding. Not a laminate thing and an honest mistake, but tells you how thorough it can be.

I'd like the MCC and ICC to check more often actually, like they do with drugs tests after every game. A few players have been rumoured to have slipped through the net with laminates and dodgy bats. Never seen one myself in the field though.
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #62 on: September 23, 2011, 01:15:13 PM »

Vic you have come across as a pretty sensible bloke in the past so I'm surprised to read your comments on this.

You have made some pretty big allegations here which I would advise you to either remove or back up. If you can prove them true, then fair enough and I'd like to see the proof. Indeed if it is true, I'm sure you will have no problem producing evidence to back it up.

However you are sensible enough to know that if your claims are false, trouble could be around the corner.

There was another member here, JohnG I believe, who made similar claims about knowing of lams being used in top flight Australian cricket, but he became very defensive when he was asked to evidence it. He also did not like it when it was suggested that if his information was accurate, why didn't he do something about it?

I have an interest in lam bats but it is purely from the aspect of understanding the physics involved. I may well get one in the future and I may well use it, but it will be only for nets and practice, just to understand the differences involved. I would never use them in a match as it is cheating, plain and simple. That others do use them is not an excuse and it does not justify you or I using them too.

Edit: There seems to be a pattern between those who believe lams are used widely, and an affinity to a certain bat dealer who has a history of perhaps spicing up stories relating to bats to make them more appealing.
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #63 on: September 23, 2011, 01:18:34 PM »

I would never use them in a match as it is cheating, plain and simple. That others do use them is not an excuse and it does not justify you or I using them too.

Hear, hear
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #64 on: September 23, 2011, 01:22:16 PM »

Hear, hear

To be perfectly honest, I can't see that they make such a massive difference. Modern (legal) bats are pretty good and we do see a disproportionate number of lams come up for sale second hand here...I can think of 3 for sale right now.
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #65 on: September 23, 2011, 04:03:41 PM »

To be perfectly honest, I can't see that they make such a massive difference. Modern (legal) bats are pretty good and we do see a disproportionate number of lams come up for sale second hand here...I can think of 3 for sale right now.

you will find out soon enough my friend :)
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #66 on: September 23, 2011, 04:16:01 PM »

The thing is with a laminate is that it wont make you a better player but will turn a very good player into a great player. You have to have the ability to middle a ball first and a laminate will turn a one bounce four into a 6 just over the ropes. They are no magic workers
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #67 on: September 23, 2011, 05:22:07 PM »

I think there was a void here in that there hadn't been a new and shiny trendy brand or gimmick for a few months so everyone fell in love with the idea of lams.

It will be interesting to see Vic's evidence.
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #68 on: September 23, 2011, 07:21:34 PM »

Can someone please explain one thing, is the laminated portion glued on first then the bat is pressed? If so how does the joint stand up to the pressure?
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #69 on: September 23, 2011, 07:38:43 PM »

thinking bak to the SS MArk Taylor i had i always wondered why it looked like two peices of wood stuck together ....  i hated it becasue i was 16 and everyone was laughing at my SS ........... had to be GN, SLaz or kookaburra Ridgeback in those days!

where can i get one of these performance laminates custom made?
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #70 on: September 23, 2011, 08:04:03 PM »

only people i know who can help is brimble or bulldog. bulldog will be your best bet right now.
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #71 on: September 23, 2011, 08:09:45 PM »

sam did you sell your one?
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #72 on: September 23, 2011, 08:13:40 PM »

Nope. Just sold my car at last so not NEEDING to sell it now! would be much better off keeping it i think! But if a decent enough offer comes along its going as its not ideal having it sat around for 18months...
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #73 on: September 23, 2011, 09:05:36 PM »

it occurred to me this evening that the person who said the most people used laminate bats and said they were the best thing, just happened to be the person who sold the most if them.
just thinking out loud after a beer or two, mind.
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Re: Does anyone still sell laminated Bats?
« Reply #74 on: September 23, 2011, 09:06:26 PM »

just found this ...

the inside of a laminated bat!!

http://www.callencricket.com.au/images/flatbat23.jpg

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