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[Tom]

17 to start up a company thats incredible!

It's incredibly easy, setting up Itias would rank incredibly low on my list of achievements. Setting up this forum, turning it into a profitable business, having upto 100 members at any one time and then selling it would be higher.

[SillyShilly]

you just need the contacts for cricket gear - like tom says, this forum is a more impressive display of whats achievable!

[Washington]

Some really good stories so far thanks to Norb, Tom and Charlie

But there surely are more???

Come on guys dont be shy eh

Matt how about you?

[Washington]

Tom in reply to your post about Mongoose cricket do you think it will ever take off big time? I know there are a few international players using it now like ashraful of Bangladesh. . .but do you think it will ever be able to compete with traditional bats across all formats or do you simply see it as 20/20 bat that merely compliments the tradiational design i.e something that a crickerter would have in his bag alongside a traditional bat rather than replacing it?

[Tom]

The MMi  will never be a Test match bat and we'd never sell it as such. Although it has it's uses in Club cricket. Particularly as people are often playing on wet, slow wickets against not always the quickest bowlers. I think it will be popular amongst youngsters too.

The CoR3 the more traditional yet spliceless bat will be our bigger seller in the next year I'd think, it's already being put to good use on the International circuit, with players being signed (still yet to announce a main marquee player) and being stocked in most retailers it will be pretty popular.

[SillyShilly]

spliceless altogether or splice in the handle that isnt visible on the face? is this 'marquee' player playing today by any chance?

[Tom]

Spliceless blade sorry, i.e splice in handle. And no he's not.

[Howzat]

spliceless altogether or splice in the handle that isnt visible on the face? is this 'marquee' player playing today by any chance?

Anderson won't be a marquee player for them I wouldn't have thought as hes a bowler, although he has already been signed. 

[SillyShilly]

good value for money in the test matches though! block block block

[Howzat]

Yeah! Shame he will be using the Cor3 and not MMI though

[Apple]

could you make a spliceless full length bat tom?

[Tom]

Yes

[SAF Bats]

Matt / Shilly - Yep it was Nipper phenomenal single piece bat that sounded and pinged like an illegal laminate

[tommy2tink]

Great idea for a topic. Thanks for starting it - I've really enjoyed reading through your answers so far.

Tom - Does this mean the Itias website will be closing down at some point in the future? Do you have any ambition to run your own cricket equipment company again in the future?