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[procricket]

Colsey got it pretty darn close as well.. runs.. If you score runs with it.. bang, it's the best bat ever... Few ducks/mis-timed hits etc and bang... it's a shocking bat.. small middle, must be the balance or the lack of 'ping'..

TIme to go onto the forum for one of the forum sponsors 'mega ping'ing' bats Bound to get me more runs

i had a bat i scored 80 with it and returned it to the maker because it was pants not always the case though.

And it wasn't due to it being broke or anything.

[ProCricketer1982]

i had a bat i scored 80 with it and returned it to the maker because it was pants not always the case though.

And it wasn't due to it being broke or anything.

What was it then? Must have been something otherwise why would they take it back as it had been used?

[Johnny]

Indeed, one of my best seasons ever was with a bat that I decided I didn't really get on with

[procricket]

What was it then? Must have been something otherwise why would they take it back as it had been used?

It was a laver reserve and the customer care by James is 2nd to none.

I bloody mashed it that day and i new if it was with a very good bat it would have been over a 100.

It went back they sorted me out and i got another which went very well.

I think the bat went to a English pro who i would have thought found the middle more than i could

[Bruce]

I think Dave's signature says it all.

[mickyp]

Agree that the best bat is whichever one gives you confidence. For some, that may come from brand, for some it's aesthetics, for some it's pure performance, for some it's feel. You don't want to be standing there with a spinner on, thinking that it's a bit risky to attack them and go over the top unless you flush it out of the middle...

[steelcouch]

As with most things to do with performance in cricket, there are no hard or fast rules.
Confidence plays a big part of things, and personally this comes from weight and mainly pick up. Certainly if you are confident in a bat and yourself then your performance can improve and actually some players are good enough to score runs with a stick of celery.
However honestly does play a part in this and i have to say that there are a lot of players that to me use too heavy bats and actually bats that will encourage bad technique and allow the bottom hand to come through too much.  The right bat combined with a confident player is the best bat. My point is, which is covered somewhere before here is that you have to be honest about what the right weight is, where you tend to hit the ball on the bat and even what type of player you are or want to be i.e i am sure that more people woudl get on better with something around 2lb 8 with little or no concaving than 2lb 10 plus bottom heavy bat with big edges.
Thoughts?

[shoab68]

Agree with most of the members opinion that when you score runs with a particular bat feels like a good bat. Strangely one of our club player always change his bat after he hits a big six. Why?  

[Blank Bats]

Agree with most of the members opinion that when you score runs with a particular bat feels like a good bat. Strangely one of our club player always change his bat after he hits a big six. Why?  

i saw the biggest six i have ever seen last season, and strangely enough he changed his bat straight after saying the bat was too soft and he didnt want to damage it

[mike73]

For me, definitely the bat that feels right. For me, it has to be the right weight, for feel and distribution. It has to suit your preferred style of play. If your a front foot all day driver, you will probably prefer a middle position to suit that.

I do a lot of back foot stuff, which at the moment with a crap weather and low wickets does not do me any favours, but as such I like a light bat with a light pickup.

Mike

[jimster]

Last season i used a Adidas which felt absolutely horrible and just didnt suit me at all, yet i managed to average over 30 throughout the season

[Alvaro]

I have a Redback Paradox LE that I can get no joy from. It looks perfect, the pick up alternates between heavy and a joy. I wonder if the middle position is too low.

Funny thing is, I can't bring myself to try and get rid.

[RightArmRapid]

Pickup always the biggest factor for me. Followed by profile?? ,some bats which tap up average-poor ping like absolute crazy in the nets so i don't usually freak out over it. This was the case with my friend's salix pod. If it picks up and it has a large middle I'm happy. Of course if i were picking a bat i would choose partially based on tapping up however if i were to buy a bat off a friend it would depend on how itbgoes in the nets.

[shoab68]

i saw the biggest six i have ever seen last season, and strangely enough he changed his bat straight after saying the bat was too soft and he didnt want to damage it

Your case the guy was smart to change his bat because he didn't wanted to damage his bat but in our club player case funny part is that he never owned any personal bat, always bats with other players bats.

[Hammer Cricket]

its very much the user and what they look for in a bat..edges have little to do with how a bat plays...and bats all play differently...the B3 i just reviewed has a nice long yet narrow sweetspot...but the V100 TAS i reviewed has a similar size sweetspot in length but the TAS strips made the edge pingy as well...in saying that i mean the sweetspot was wider and even off centre hits seemed to come off well...there may be a million different variations of bats and as many different characteristics that make you either like or dislike a bat..

there is NO such thing as THE PERFECT BAT...as each persons will be different..