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[procricket]

Just finished today knocking in my new cricket bat and for the first time it has quite wide grain and started lets say a tad unresponsive yet after a few net sessions and around 10 hours of knocking in I have to say it is up there with all my bats and I'm very happy with it.

I really do like how it has sprang to life And I like wide grain currently this one has 6 I is very defined what do people prefer if they could have whatever they wanted.

Main bat sorted

[Steveo1000]

I would always choose something in the region of 8 to 10 very straight grains on a bat.
I've always thought bats with lots and lots of grains look a bit odd for some reason.

[JB]

I quite like a bat with 6-9 prominent grains, I'm on knocking in an Affinity Spectre which has 7 grains and it's a gun

[smilley792]

The more the merrier.

[roco]

Whatever

I just say give me bat that goes I don't mind on grains although 3 of my 4 have 16 plus grains my match bat has 10

[fasteddie]

Wheat and rye grains, triple distilled, Stolly vodka. 1 piece of ice a small squeeze of lime

On a bat, my Pro H4l has 12, evenly spaced and looks great. Any more could be a tad crowded.

(hic)

[WalkingWicket37]

Usually go for between 6 & 11 but the number of grains isn't a deal maker or breaker for me

[simonmay5]

I have got a few bats which have ten plus grains that all play really well but I have found a wide grain ss that plays superbly and can't tell the difference between wide grain and narrow as both seem to play as well when given time but just for looks I like nice tight straight grains 

[GarrettJ]

Best bat I ever had and I'm pretty sure will never find one even close had 8 or maybe 9. I found an ugly looking bat with 17 grains that feels nice so I'm going with that. Grains don't make me hit the ball so I'm not that bothered but wouldn't particularly like a bat with 4 or 5 grains.

[FvanN]

Im not really fussed I guess 8+. My CA was purchased purely because I needed a bat ASAP (thanks Chad) and this year's BAS was bought on pickup and size, grains was never a consideration. 

[Alvaro]

30 straight. All sapwood. Pressed like silk sheets.

[procricket]

Whilst there is no science between wide or narrow grained bats performing better than each other in the long term my question is for personal preference.

[GarrettJ]

I would say straight evenly spaced is more important to me than the number.

[kal_m]

I would say straight evenly spaced is more important to me than the number.

Is that more of a preference or is there something to the bats with evenly spaced grains? Just for my knowledge.

My ideal preference is 8-12 grains.

[shoab68]

IDEALLY 10 TO 14 STRAIGHT EVENLY SPACED GRAINS TO ME.