This is from a mate on Facrebook about Joe Root's gm bats...
Cricketers, Big Bat time! Although I have had a strong relationship with Gunn and Moore for many years, yesterday I was given a treat even by my standards.
I'm writing a piece for a well known Cricket mag on how you can use best practice to select a bat, and how test players contribute to the bat evolution process.
Anyway, yesterday I got gifted on of Joe Root's bats (he's gone to New balance so they had 3 going spare)
The noticable thing about Joe's bat is it always looks so wide when he bats- and I've found the reason- the handle is 1/2" longer and the blade 1/2 shorter- like a mongoose, so the bat is more compact and looks chunkier and wider.
If you look at the pic of the bat standing against the wallyou can see the extra handle length
The grain on this is incredible as you can see- it is as good as it gets., as is the ping and pickup (it's 2-11 oz and picks up about 2.
Anyway, excuse the badgery but interesting nonetheless.
On the handle it says JR74, which means it's the 74th bat GM made for Joe.
I also got given one of Watto's- it's very very light, big with a VERY high middle. It is 2.10 on scales with 2 grips and antiscuff so c. 2.8 real weight, surprisingfor a man of his size.
I refrained the offer for a pair of Watto's pads as they'd be knackered.
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