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[Northern monkey]

2.10

Very emotive looking bat, would be nice if the stickers either filled the scoops, or hand painted them?

[tim2000s]

Have to admit that I'm tempted to paint the scoops red...

[Number4]

Do it Tim... It looks sooo wrong as it is now

[thebigginge]

Regarding grading. To my knowledge (please correct me if i am wrong) Grays bats made in the UK are made from willow they source themselves. Certainly there were a number of trees ready to be cut up when i was last there. So the only grading to go by would be GN's, if they even provide that info? I think there may be some grading info in the catalogue but i don't have it to hand.

Certainly, every cleft i've ever handled from the pile set aside for customs has been lovely. Something there for everyone, they aren't all multi grain wonder clefts. We had an E41 made for a forum member who requested 8ish grains and he has got himself a lovely bat, after i softened it up a bit anyway. - It was a little hard to begin with.

GN bats made world wide are made from willow that is grown by us and for us, we don't buy in clefts or trees from other sources!

Hello boys, it's good to be back!

[Number4]

Welcome back BG

[Vitas Cricket]

Many thanks for clarification Alex. Welcome back

[fasteddie]

Have to admit that I'm tempted to paint the scoops red...

I was surprised at the new scoop stickers. Last year's design was awesome, perfectly retro. Can you get a set from them?

Bat looks lovely.

[Torque]

GN bats made world wide are made from willow that is grown by us and for us, we don't buy in clefts or trees from other sources!

Hello boys, it's good to be back!

How come J S Wright had a photo of a shipment going to Gray Nicolls Australia on their Facebook page?

[thebigginge]

When was the photo taken?

[tim2000s]

When was the photo taken?

7th February, about 18.10.

[smilley792]

How come J S Wright had a photo of a shipment going to Gray Nicolls Australia on their Facebook page?

Do you have a link to there Facebook page? Can't find it.

[tim2000s]

Well what to say. This is a beauty. Used her in nets for the first time tonight and she picks up beautifully and goes just as well. There is a real, noticeable difference between a custom and off the shelf dynadrive. This bat feels as good as any I've used.

On the downside, doesn't really matter how much you knock a bat in,   yorkers still cause trouble. It was knocked in for me by Vitas and I also spent some time on the toe and edges (mainly because I wanted to feel how she goes and had two weeks till a net) and yet a yorker going mostly under the bat managed to do this. Scuff sheet for the next outing I feel...

[procricket]

Sounds good yep know that feeling Tim hard floor with no give and a Yorker.

A mate of mine told me to get a cheap bat and use it in the nets as I did this with one of mine and was not happy .

Sounds a gun

[Northern monkey]

Ahh gutted!
Get some tape on it, and move your feet next time!

[GarrettJ]

how did you play the yorker, drive it or just drop your bat on it? it looks like the top of the ball hit the end so your bat was off the ground.

jab your bat in the ground and soft hands, doing this the ball has to hit high up the bat and cannot hit the toe like this and the bat will have some give.

for example put a ball on the ground stand your bat up next to it and see the point of impact, it cant spilt hitting there.