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[Tom]

Not sure quite what this is, but someone may make better heads/tails of it.



http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/cricketnews/new-bat-ensures-edges-won-t-carry-bowlers-lives-made-tougher/article1-1251095.aspx

[Manormanic]

looks like they are trying to argue that concaving the edges will result in edges being angled toward the ground.  Seems to be a crock o'sh1te to me...

[cam66]

I cant see that working

[uknsaunders]

Edge is an edge, unless they have proven it off the drawing board then it's nothing more than somebodies pet project.

[sarg]

So the falcon edge compensates for the current trend of flat face bats. I'll bet a traditional rounded face has a better drag coefficient than this silly looking idea. Nothing to see, here move along.

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[WalkingWicket37]

Edges that don't carry to the slips, can't you achieve that with a normal bat by playing with soft hands?

[tim2000s]

I get the idea (although the focus on the improved aerodynamics really should be called out as BS as it will make next to no difference).

The idea is that by shaping the edge and making it curved instead of flat, the trajectory of the ball after edging can be made more beneficial to the batsman. There is, however, one flaw with this. If it makes that much difference, it wouldn't be hard to counter.

The claim is that by introducing a kind of concave lens shape you can cause the ball to deviate differently, slightly wider and downwards more effectively.

Think about this for a second and you remember that a concave surface has a focus just like your satellite dish. This means that any batsman using one of these bats has just made it easier for the fielding team to determine where the ball will go when the batsman edges it as there is a focussing effect going on.

In essence, you could suggest that instead of three slips, you'd only need two to a batsman with one of these bats as the likelihood of the ball going to, say 1st slip, was reduced to so low that you could have an extra man at silly point. If the ball is going to go down and wide more, too, then you'd simply put 3rd, 4th and Gully in and step them forward a bit, instead of having 1st and 2nd slips.

I'm not sure the practical realities of having a dynamic, moveable set of fielders has been incorporated into the model for the benefits of what is essentially a gimmick...

[SkipperJ]

This was a project by some grad students. Their claimed reduction in drag is 3%, i.e. negligible. For the ball to even follow the claimed downward/sideways deviation, the ball would need to impact the edge full on. Feather edges are  still going to carry. If a batsman had that kind of control, they wouldn't edge the ball in the first place.

IMO this is just the outcome of some student project. IIT is a top school in India and the engineering students that came up with this sh*te are no doubt slapping each others backs for the media attention this "patented technology" has garnered. Might look good on their resume' someday, but I doubt this has any practical significance for those of us who play in the real world.

[WalkingWicket37]

The designers have already started work on their next project, spring back stumps with the bails glued on so you can't be bowled!
Next year they plan to start developing the non catchable ball too...

[Cumbrian Pete]

The designers have already started work on their next project, spring back stumps with the bails glued on so you can't be bowled!
Next year they plan to start developing the non catchable ball too...

I think our team already plays with a prototype non catchable ball!!  It's a pity the opposition don't use the same one.