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[Kulli]

Anti scufand tape must add at least 1-2 mm

[Chad]

You did notice the  (not that I would but for arguments sake)       bit right?

Would be interesting to hear from any other Aldred owners, see if it's a one off or regular (again, not that anyone would notice but it could be the difference between nicking off for a 4 or missing it and being bowled)

Yes, of course. I would be furious if I decided to use my CA instead of my Aldred, and got bowled instead of nicking it for four!

[Red Ink Cricket]

We played a game a year or 2 go against a guy who walked out with this bat which instantly caught my eye for the size and the fake stickers.After a ball or 2 keeping it twigged that it just looked too big and the stickers looked tiny. at the end of the over I went to the umpire and had a chat. Turned out it was just under 5 inches wide. He was told to stop using it, he argued but eventually did. Return fixture the same year and guess what he strolls out with? Yeah you guessed it, the same bat. He had used it for the rest of the season and scored buckets. We were the only team to notice. We refused to bowl at h until he swapped it.

[fatbats]

I measured past that and was 108.6

[tim2000s]

My b3 is 105mm

However mine is 108mm as are my Hades and fake Newbery.

[procricket]

Mine is also a inch shorter blade but perfect to me I think my measuring might be slight out I have no issues though it a great bat

[Number4]

Ok here we go:

Laver Reserve = 108.3mm
Laver Special Reserve = 108.3
Laver bradman = 107.6
GM Apex Original LE = 107.5
GN Viper Giant = 106.8

Have to also mention that the first 2 Lavers were both made at the same time.

[procricket]

Just done my b3 properly exact 108mm

[shoab68]

 I would love to own an extra wide blade bat but you would hardly find any bat maker who is ready to make such bats. How about a laminated bat with  4 mm extra width. Plenty of big hitting guaranteed.

[Manormanic]

to be fair to Paul, 1mm is the width of the edge stickers (for example)...

[Fezballoh]

I wonder how much a bat will shrink due to moisture content. It's quite a lot with other timbers so I don't see why willow should behave differently. Every time you get it serviced it'll lose some width too.

[geeders]

Interesting thread - decided to measure my bats as I hadnt thought about it until I compared an academy bat against my others.

My H4l is dead on 107.95mm, but when I measured my others - one measures 105mm (blank Indian bat) and another measures 103.5mm (talisman). Did have the talisman listed for sale - might have to re advertise as a middling bat

[Sam]

Interesting thread - decided to measure my bats as I hadnt thought about it until I compared an academy bat against my others.

My H4l is dead on 107.95mm, but when I measured my others - one measures 105mm (blank Indian bat) and another measures 103.5mm (talisman). Did have the talisman listed for sale - might have to re advertise as a middling bat

Would have thought people would only class under 100mm as middling bats  ?

[geeders]

Would have thought people would only class under 100mm as middling bats  ?

tongue in cheek... although I was genuinely surprised that I'd been using it and hadn't noticed it against other bats.

[Jagminder]

" fake Newbery. "

Please explain a little.