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[imogzyboy]

Hey guys I had this bat it's been knocked in my by myself and it was gm now I was at nets and this happened what can I do?

[Rob580]

If you've only just got it, take it back to whoever you bought it from. Looks like it's a fault rather than anything you may / may not have done.

Unless you missed a straight one and lamped something in the changing rooms, in which case, definitely your fault!

[imogzyboy]

It was a swinging Yorker I just clipped it

[GarrettJ]

looks like it is a little dry, did it have a face on it?

edit: i see it attached and being pulled off

Take it back and ask for a swap/refund.

[Howzat]

Most brands say yorker damage isn't covered by their warranties, the cherry on the toe guard isn't going to help your case!

[smilley792]

Does  anyone else leave Yorkers in nets or just me?


Very hard sports hall floor? Or your bat? Guess which one will give first

[ProCricketer1982]

Does  anyone else leave Yorkers in nets or just me?


Very hard sports hall floor? Or your bat? Guess which one will give first

Yep, generally just let them through of someone wants to waste time bowling them

[Howzat]

Yep, generally just let them through of someone wants to waste time bowling them

Waste their time!?    the bowlers at my team are told to practice yorkers in the nets!

[Chad]

Yep, generally just let them through of someone wants to waste time bowling them

How is bowling a yorker a waste of time? When I bat, I encourage bowlers to try york me from time to time... In the end, their job is to try get batsmen out.

[Chad]

Anyways, back on topic, was it a bat breaker that caused this? I guess bats get damaged from time to time, just the nature of the willow. Your best bet is to try get in contact with the retailer and get them to get in contact with GM.

[smilley792]

Does Malinga practices yorks at sangakarra? No. He puts it where he's told to.


He then practices Yorkers at shoes,



But if you lot are happy breaking bats in indoor nets, then keep encouraging the Yorkers.

[cheese]

To say bowling yorkers in the nets isn't quite right. I love to bowl the yorker and it is a weapon I utilise in games, nets is a good place to practice them and if a bat brakes it is thoroughly unlucky but it's just how the cookie crumble.
That isn't to say i'm not sympathetic to the original poster as if this happened to my bat i'd be quite 'cheesed' off and his Octane looks like a nice bat.

[cleanbowled]

I think its just bad luck. If you are batting in the nets, you'd want to face a few yorkers as well to practice against them. I will admit though that I have left a few in the past for the fear of damaging my bat. Maybe this goes back to that argument on whether you should use one bat for nets (say a cheaper one) and another for matches (your best or favorite one). 

[ProCricketer1982]

Waste their time!?    the bowlers at my team are told to practice yorkers in the nets!

Practise in a net without a batsmen in then, I hate club nets for these sorts of reasons. Bowlers want to know your block off or york which tbh, is little to no training for a batsmen. If you want to do yorkas then do it in a bowling net. Batting nets should be done mainly for the batsmen. Bowlers just do line and length which given most players are (No Swearing Please) will result in a mix of slightly short or full bowling.

Bowling nets are where you do the specific skill training like bouncers, yorkas etc

A weapon? ITS BLOODY NETS not a game, nets mean jack all

[Gingerbusiness]

Does  anyone else leave Yorkers in nets or just me?


Very hard sports hall floor? Or your bat? Guess which one will give first

Its why I have a high density, POS net bat which is the same weight and profile as my match bat.

We have 3s players occasionally turning up to our nets with their Slazenger Bat Breaker Edition balls - Not worth risking a Laver or Millichamp on that!