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[100 not out]

Just been watching the Ashes. Steven Smiths bat looks as though it hasn't seen a bit of sand paper for quite a while.
I remember seeing Kane Williamsons too, covered in cherries, especially the middle area.

Don't know what it is, but an unclean bat covered in cherries  does seem to have a bit a presence.
Meaning that the batsmans middles it a lot.

What do you think.

Are yours dirty or clean.

[iand123]

I went through a phase of keeping my bats clean but it just got a pain and i stopped bothering. Just wait for the end of season sand down/scuff sheet change to clean it up

[horseman]

My outside edge looks well used. 
I think theres a lot to be said about a bat full of cherries. Great character.
On the flip side difficult to go out and bat with a new blade without looking a bit special.

[DACD 1987]

My outside edge looks well used. 
I think theres a lot to be said about a bat full of cherries. Great character.
On the flip side difficult to go out and bat with a new blade without looking a bit special.

Mind you, you don't half cop some flak from the close fielders if you dont score many runs with it - obviously speaking from experience 

[Gerry SA]

When I first started playing, I didn't use a plastic face cover and my bat ended up looking like Smith's. I was forever sanding...😬 bit of a clean freak.

[Buzz]

most people on here don't have a bat long enough to let it get dirty.

god forbid someone would use the middle!

[RoCo Da Pixie]

I personally leave the bat. If a cherry happens to find its way on to the bat then I am overjoyed. It shows I have used the bat at least once.

I think the more the bat looks used the better.

One thing I was amazed at recently was at the recent IJC net at the Oval. I thought there was far too many swapping of bats at the bottom of the net. I am a honest believer of use one bat until it dies. That way you'll get your moneys worth!

[Blazer]

Those self healing anti scuff sheets seems to get stained very quickly.  It is quite satifying to see the marks on the bat at the end of an innings , cricket's equivalent of worn out denim.

[mo_town]

I personally love a bat with loads of cherry marks...it make it look like a warrior who has seen many wars!!

[mo_town]

I personally leave the bat. If a cherry happens to find its way on to the bat then I am overjoyed. It shows I have used the bat at least once.

I think the more the bat looks used the better.

One thing I was amazed at recently was at the recent IJC net at the Oval. I thought there was far too many swapping of bats at the bottom of the net. I am a honest believer of use one bat until it dies. That way you'll get your moneys worth!

I am quite surprised when I see some people on this forum owning more than 5 bats...the bats look like they have been rarely used but the owner is able to provide details of the performance of each bat 

[Rowan]

My club spray paint's the ball's, this leaves heaps of marks at the end of a net!, its brilliant, makes me look like I middle a lot more than I actually do!.

[yogi206]

I am quite surprised when I see some people on this forum owning more than 5 bats...the bats look like they have been rarely used but the owner is able to provide details of the performance of each bat 

I play a lot of cricket ;-)

[mo_town]

I play a lot of cricket ;-)

ha ha...it would make sense if the bats were collected over an extended period of time; say 10-15 yrs. But some guys own a lot of new bats. IMO, if you r a good batsman, then you know which bat works for you and you stick to it. You don't play Russian Roulette with your bats before each innings and decide 

[procricket]

Buzz hit the nail on the head.

I used 2 last year in games and I clean them after every innings.

But towards the end I took the scuff off and they got dirty and cracked much much more

[Alvaro]

I think that the Aussie scuffs have a lot to answer for. That horrible mesh breaks and becomes stained red easily.

I am the most boring man ever.

After Neil Dexter.

He is the dullest sentient being I can think of.