Topic: Are you a serious cricketer? Will you pay �500 for a bat?? (Read 14919 times)

yvk3103 · « **on:** September 28, 2011, 02:23:02 PM »

Hi Guys!

As the topic says - if you are a serious cricketer would you spend �500 on a single bat to use as a match bat (not a collectors item)? You opinions please.

I will not as a bat made to the specs of a international cricketer really does not mean it will be right for me. Moreover, I rather go for a couple of very good custom made bats with my signatures on it

Kulli · « **Reply #1 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:27:23 PM »

Nope, I've always been able to find bats that I feel comfortable with for under 150, and I'm well aware that the difference (if any) between a good bat and a great one is likely to be negated in my hands as i rarely hit anything and think 'if only I'd have a better bat that'd would have been 4/6'. If you have the cash and it gives you extra confidence, but to my mind the recent super (and superpriced) ranges of bats springign up are just a smart way to part a fool and his money.

Colesy · « **Reply #2 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:29:07 PM »

If I won the lottery - Yes
If I saved up - No

petehosk · « **Reply #3 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:34:25 PM »

Although I have spent �400 on a bat, it was a 1-off so not a standard!
But with the RRP for a lot of 'off the shelf' bats now being �400+, it seems to be getting common place.
With the introduction of a bat like the GM players bats for �500, I would be interested to know how they perform!!! But not that interested that I would be prepared to fork out all those notes right now! I was hoping that someone would purchase and review one on the forum!!
Saying that, I'm sure the good fellas from Newbery did say that 16 of the �1000 bats had sold!

Cover_Drive · « **Reply #4 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:34:37 PM »

If money is not a problem for me then why not all four I'd say

mattw · « **Reply #5 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:39:31 PM »

No, way too expensive tbh. You can always find a superb bat for a lot less than that!

If I earned an absolute packet and didn't have to manage my money then I probably would. However I would much prefer something that isn't as 'prized' so that I can use it for what it's for, rather than wanting to preserve the bat and not want to dig out any yorkers just incase it cracks etc

Manormanic · « **Reply #6 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:46:45 PM »

Probably not - there are plenty of very good and cosmetically wonderful bats on the market for half of that number, and I am not sure beyond about �180-200 that you get a difference in performance anywhere near as marked as the difference in pricepoint.

Lekka Global Alliance · « **Reply #7 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:58:43 PM »

�500 is nothing for a bat if a player gets over 1000 runs a year. Why else play the game ?

mattw · « **Reply #8 on:** September 28, 2011, 03:02:31 PM »

Quote from: Lekka Global Alliance on September 28, 2011, 02:58:43 PM

�500 is nothing for a bat if a player gets over 1000 runs a year. Why else play the game ?

It's not going to guarantee you runs though.

ianbuchanan · « **Reply #9 on:** September 28, 2011, 03:03:16 PM »

Quote from: Lekka Global Alliance on September 28, 2011, 02:58:43 PM

�500 is nothing for a bat if a player gets over 1000 runs a year. Why else play the game ?

I agree to an extent as buying a truly decent bat does help the run-scoring! But �500 may be a tad excessive....

psincock · « **Reply #10 on:** September 28, 2011, 03:04:31 PM »

Mmmm you can buy the best camera money can buy dont mean you can take a decent photo

Dan W · « **Reply #11 on:** September 28, 2011, 03:07:43 PM »

They're more a marketing tool than a proper revenue stream, and to eek money out of people that are cash rich and want/need the best of everything, without any analysis outside of the price tag. The profit from the bottom of the range g3 and Kashmir numbers will dwarf it.

It gets people talking about the brand and, dare I say, I think it may be a device to make the rest of their bats look mroe reasonable - the irony is that IMO it cheapens the rest of their range - I thought the (2011) Legends were hand-rolled-on-the-thighs-of-virgins/personally made by the first born of direct blood descendants of Julian Millichamp/Just didn't make Strauss's personal selection/include a key to the GN Factory/AND full use of both Mr Gray and Mr Nicoll's holiday homes in the South of France/from the tree's that we originally planted by Merlin and watered by Lancelot....sort of things, though now it looks as if Sports Direct will be stocking them this year.

In short, I wouldn't be seen dead with one out of principle!

I thought the design of the Legends were pretty much the best bat stickers I have ever seen, though once I got to see the actual sticks I was very disappointed, and by sight/colour/grainage would have made a few of them blemished G2's.

Lekka Global Alliance · « **Reply #12 on:** September 28, 2011, 03:12:32 PM »

How many blind people do your know buy top of the range cameras ? Same with cricket bats , if a batsman rates himself he aspires to using the best. If the best is �500 in his eyes he will go large and take the deal. Trust me , after scoring 1000+ plus runs the money will not be a factor.

tim2000s · « **Reply #13 on:** September 28, 2011, 03:17:01 PM »

Not right now, because I don't score enough runs with one that costs �195, and that's down to my ability rather than the bat.

If I won �75million on the Euromillions, I'd have a Signature, a Cenkos, the best Legend available, and personally pay GM to make me the best version of their 500 quid bats at a far greater price, because I wouldn't care about the money and I could...

I might also fly out to SG, sit with their best batmaker and get him to select me clefts then watch him make my bat. Because I could.

I'd say that tells you the difference really...

Dan W · « **Reply #14 on:** September 28, 2011, 03:19:24 PM »

Quote from: Lekka Global Alliance on September 28, 2011, 03:12:32 PM

How many blind people do your know buy top of the range cameras ? Same with cricket bats , if a batsman rates himself he aspires to using the best. If the best is �500 in his eyes he will go large and take the deal. Trust me , after scoring 1000+ plus runs the money will not be a factor.

That's a nonsense analogy! A camera is the sole fundamental tool that directly creates the output that is a photo. A bat increases shot power and assists in timing and confidence, the effects of which could be replicated to the 90-95% with something half the cost. If your no good at the game, a better bat will not help, and vice versa. And due to the dichotomy of bat perfomance to durability, I don't think many people will shell out �500 for a stick that will last them a number of months.

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