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[liscon12]

From the game tonight against Dehli, looks very much like an SS to me with the TON branding coloured over with black pen.

[WalkingWicket37]

A Spartan bat that was made by SS? Don't be so silly, such a thing would never happen! 

[Chalkie]

The TON stamps seem to be the most effective and recognisable form of bat branding around at the moment as they always seem to be visible whatever stickers are put on the bat.

[singapore rookie]

in one of the shots of the bat you could see the "maximus" logo stickers residue marks

[peristocle]

Not good for the Spartan brand, as it is so obvious

[WalkingWicket37]

Not good for the Spartan brand, as it is so obvious

A Spartan that is just a stickered up SS - isn't that the only kind anyway?? (Although usually the stamps aren't present) 

[sarg]

Too hard for Dhoni to sand or spokeshave the stamping off. Some things are just so beneath first class players, even when sponsors are paying them a ransom to have them advertise their gear. Looks to me like he might have a foot  on eitherside of the fence.

[arsenal123]

Well I can't imagine Dhoni gets much time with a spokeshave!  You only need to see how tough it is for him to have a haircut in peace!

[peristocle]

Just thought that they would make more effort to cover it up considering how much they are paying in endorsements

[Kulli]

Just thought that they would make more effort to cover it up considering how much they are paying in endorsements

I don't think the sponsors give a flying badword to be honest, maybe 5% of the audience will notice and maybe only a small portion of then will know what it actually means.

[liscon12]

Or just do what Mo Ali has done and cover it up using a wood coloured tape or something similar and not just marker pen it out.

[eddiec]

tbh, I'm slightly surprised that Spartan don't clean it up and sticker it for him. Like, do they send him a contract along with a pack of stickers and tell him to get to work?

[sarg]

You'd think their contracts would have some guidelines on restickering. Anyway it only looks bad for Spartan up until the point where he hits his third consecutive six to win the match. As said, its only people who buy cricket bats that would notice he's using a TON.

On the other side of the coin TON only need to supply a Sharpie to their sponsored players.

[eddiec]

On the other side of the coin TON only need to supply a Sharpie to their sponsored players.

Maybe a stencil too. You know, so it looks legit 

[sarg]

Maybe a stencil too. You know, so it looks legit 

Gold!