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[tim2000s]

The discussion about corked bats and Reflexes got me thinking. What can you do with modern pressing on a cricket bat and the use of a "corked" cricket bat.

More specifically, using the same principal as the last challenge, if we take the same reference bat, my Laver Heritage, what would be the performance benefit of creating a similar shaped and weighted bat, but this time drill a hole of approximately 8-10mm diameter down the core of the bat from the base of the splice to somewhere below the hump of the spine?

If it works for a baseball bat, why wouldn't it work for a cricket bat? Can anyone meet this challenge?

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Not sure if its of use but I have a spare graphite golf shaft in the office....it maybe too big to use perhaps as the core?

[tim2000s]

Not sure if its of use but I have a spare graphite golf shaft in the office....it maybe too big to use perhaps as the core?

I'm not sure. I was thinking that we'd just go for the hole as it would still be Grade A bat that way...

[dingbatsports]

drill a hole of approximately 8-10mm diameter down the core of the bat from the base of the splice to somewhere below the hump of the spine?

I was asked to re-handle a bat last season which has a big hole drilled from the bottom of the splice all the way into the blade! It was also a laminated bat... Unfortunately the customer didn't bother with the repair in the end, but would have been interesting to see the performance if I was to re-handle it!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151237368310954&set=pb.104945665953.-2207520000.1377130829.&type=3&theater (there is a link to the picture)

[tim2000s]

Seems that no one wants to have a go

[Ryan]

The issue is having long enough drill bits etc to be able to bore a hole long enough.  I would say it's easier to cut a bat down the middle,  router out a section inside,  fill with cork and then glue back together. 

[tim2000s]

The issue is having long enough drill bits etc to be able to bore a hole long enough.  I would say it's easier to cut a bat down the middle,  router out a section inside,  fill with cork and then glue back together.

True, but I'm trying to keep the grade A status...

[johnnyw]

The issue is having long enough drill bits etc to be able to bore a hole long enough.  I would say it's easier to cut a bat down the middle,  router out a section inside,  fill with cork and then glue back together.

Could you not put a full cleft on a lathe and hollow out the middle using the tool for making holes down the centre of lamps for the flex

[Ryan]

I don't think so. You'd need a very long auget drill bit to bore the 500mm or so needed. BTW it would be a grade A bat anyway according to the MCC laws.

[patriotscreen]

Would the cork not absorb the energy transfered through the wood as you hit it and cause the ball to travel with less force than if the bat was one piece?

[Sam]

Got an old hunts bat around somewhere that I'm sure had something like this done? The stickers actually looked kind of like a drill going down the middle or something like that?

Edit : Hunts county turbo , that's it!

[BigBlueMachine]

This has all ready been done by Puma (M&H) a few years ago. I had one and was asking if anyone could remember the model on another thread.

[tim2000s]

We know it's been done before. What I want to do is make one with a similar shape, etc to areference bat and see if I can notice any difference in performance. It's not that it's a new idea!

[BigBlueMachine]

Ah ok. Forgive my confusion!

[Sam]

What if you drilled a hole across the grain from edge to edge around the middle of the bat (10x easier to do as well  )?