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Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« on: January 02, 2012, 11:47:47 AM »
I was reminiscing just this morning about some of the bats I've had the pleasure of owning, not realising just how many custom bats I have had made for me in the past, I couldnt stop thinking about one in particular! I had a spare £70 lying around after a rather fruitful christmas intake a few years ago and so I decided to take a punt on a readers challenger! Considering I had 4 other bats at the time. These included a chase 175, a laver & wood, a B&S LE and a canterbury 500, the readers was an awesome bat and very much held its own! I fell in love with it, and often chose it over my more prized bats!

Have any of you ever had one bat that you just loved that cost you the equiv of a loaf of bread??
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 11:59:42 AM »
Not yet but I hope to pick one up closer to the season...  :) all thou the bulldog basher I had a couple of years ago was a fantastic bit of willow and only cost £60
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 12:05:47 PM »
I had a Malik Sarfi for the first quarter of a season a few years and and it was amazing. Unfortunately it snapped after about 10 games and the shop owner gave me a Malik Sher Amin as a replacement, it was no where near as good.

Also bought a AM 2 Good which I used in my best season to date. A bag full of runs and my first 2 centuries.
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 12:16:04 PM »
my icon 606 is brilliant as is the kook rogue that fattus now has...
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, 12:17:16 PM »
Woodworm Mega Bite Bronze, size 6, Kashmir willow and one of the best pings I've ever used.
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2012, 12:20:00 PM »
A grade 1 champ sports bat from hit4six, £70 and was a beast, scored me a lot of runs and a friend a double hundred!
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2012, 12:20:30 PM »
I had a BDM Amazer Y2K, I think that's what it was called. I found it at my local club used it til it snapped, brilliant bat!
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2012, 12:21:17 PM »
Malik bats are SERIOUSLY underrated! Friend had a MALIK scoremaster, £20 on ebay in 2007.. Scored his first ton in 44 balls with it!!
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2012, 12:29:36 PM »
Larson paid 25 quid for it of ryan was a beast
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2012, 12:40:40 PM »
Going back a bit, but at Uni bought a DF 405 from a lad who'd stopped playing for £20 and it *flew* - used it for about two and a half seasons, until the face fell to bits!
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2012, 01:10:02 PM »
Don't know if this one counts, but I found a Kahuna Chaos in my club's changing rooms (it was left there for 2 weeks or so..) and that performed really well - was rather pleased ;)

If not, a £40 V Sports Plain bat I got off Hit4Six recently. It really goes well :)
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2012, 01:11:17 PM »
My Dad bought me an SS Orange from India for about 50 quid and it was an absolute gun!
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2012, 01:13:04 PM »
I got my canterbury 500 brand new for 30 quid. Probably the best bat I've ever had
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2012, 01:29:32 PM »
No chance! Really?! Got my canterbury when it first appeared on the scene! payed over 7 times that!!!!!
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Re: Best cheap bat you've ever owned!
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2012, 02:05:48 PM »
Yeah a guy at a local market had some kit a few years back. Only had cricket stuff for about a month and this was the best bat he ever had. When I saw the price I had to get it.
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