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[Boondougal]

Tripe

Guess i should stop launching my lignum vitae mallet at bats when knocking them in then. Jason from Hammer Cricket, Gary from B&S and others with a knocking in machine slamming a teflon ball into the bat at high velocity should pack up and stop offering their service too.

Not meaning to come across hostile, but there is a lot of misinformation on the forum, and this thread particularly.

The ONLY risk to your bat when facing a BOLA is the combination of a hard surface and the players decision to drive at a yorker. I refuse to set our machine up to bowl very full for this reason.

To re-iterate. A bowling machine, a knocking in machine, a bat mallet, all great ways to knock a bat in. Unless you are very unfortunate, you aren't going to do much knocking in of your toe/edges on a BOLA. But once edges and toe are sorted with mallet/machine and the middle has had some attention, apply a scuff sheet and hit the nets to face a BOLA.

Based on some opinions in this topic, i'm questioning whether i should actually use my new bat, or simply mount it in a frame and hang on the wall. Other than avoiding a new cricket ball for as long as you can during the early days of owning your bat (and cheap balls altogether if you can) you should use your bat at every opportunity, enjoy it, score some runs with it. Eventually after (hopefully) a lot of use and runs it will let you down, what with it being made from a living thing. Then the fun can begin again shopping for a new one

Love it!

[jamesisapayne]

Jake = Hits. Nail. On. Head.

[The Palmist]

To add to the tripe some even say that you should knock your bat for full season and only use it in match next year.