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[ItsJustCricket]

Sorry to hear that this has happened, Nick - does seem strange.  Although I am surprised there's so much talk about not needing to knock in the middle of a bat.  Yes, the toe and edges are more vulnerable, but the more compressed willow fibres, the stronger the resistance.  A big sweet spot, high spine etc. can only do so much...

[uknsaunders]

I'll do a ball check when Im next netting. The club I net with have a ball box of pretty knackered match balls and nobody generates anything above trundle, so it's probably a bit futile. The ball breaker thing is only 50% true,an old wives tale made up by batsman to pin the blame on bowlers lol. I've had bats that have never seen so much as a crack when used against so called bat breakers. It's not a major problem, just needs a bit of patching up for the season. It was more a warning to others to make sure they don't take bad advice on knocking in.