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[petehosk]

OK - for some reason I find myself with a stupid amount of cricket bats.
I am no hurry, but sometime next year, I will probably want to cut my collection down to 20 or so!
And some people thought it would be a good idea if I list the bats, and people could speculate as to which ones they would keep, and which ones to sell/throw/axe/burn/give to the dog to chew!

So to kick off the discussion, the next post (in 5 minutes time) will contain the list of bats I have.

[niceonechoppy]

Oh my 45?! I cant wait to see this.

[petehosk]

And the list is:

Laver & Wood Private Bin (purchased new, used some)
Laver & Wood Firefly (last years main bat - averaged just under 30 with high score 61*)
Laver & Wood Churchill (lower grade copy of Firefly with the same profile - used as practice bat)
Millichamp & Hall Harlequin (brand new unused)
Millichamp & Hall Solution (purchased from this forum - stunning bat)
Millichamp & Hall Original (traditional profile)
Screaming Cat Professional (2nd hand but prev used by Western Aus player - Salix refurbed blade)
Screaming Cat Series 1 Premium (Brand new - not even knocked in yet)
Salix Praestantia Performance (Used last season with Laver - goes well!)
Salix Praestantia Select (older shape)
Redback Allegiance Hybrid (Just did review on this beauty!)
Warsop Venom Pro (light weight cleft and brand new)
Newbery Custom (gun!)
Newbery Custom Uzi
Newbery GT335 SPS (Cadbury Stickers)
Newbery GT 335 SPS
Newbery GT 335 Players
Newbery Mjornir SPS (Just gone in a trade!)
Bellingham & Smith Fireblade
Bradbury Custom made (Quality bat!)
Bradbury Custom made (as above!)
Charlie French (re-stickered as Adidas)
CA Plus 8000 (brand new - looks big and powerful)
CA (re-stickered as Newbery Grizzly)
AS V3
Itias Grade 1
Lekka Warrior
CJI Fatso Limited Edition (monster!!!!!!)
County Clipper CC Limited Edition
Gray Nicolls Longbow Performance Pro
Gray Nicolls Powerbow Pro Performance
Gray Nicolls Ignite Pro Performance
Gray Nicolls Powerbow Carbo
Kookaburra Kahuna Mayhem (16 odd grains)
Kookaburra Angry Beast
Vantage Lithium
Vantage Lithium
Gunn &Moore Purist (stickered as Icon)
Custom Bat LE
Puma Evolution 6000
Puma Ballistic 5000
Hawk
BAS Shadow Limited Edition
Choice Willow Lionheart
Duncan Fearnley Attack (old 3lb classic from Botham days)
BDM Terminator

Over to you guys and now open for discussion!  

[petehosk]

The 2 Vantage Lithhium are actually 2 of the 5 bats that Kev made and sold on here, after Vantage were happy to use their stickers on them.

[niceonechoppy]

Any of these blank bats?

[tommo256]

cor that is one hell of a list.....how many do you want to sell?

[niceonechoppy]

Agreed keep every screamer you have! That is some collection! Do you have any poor bats?

[petehosk]

Yep - the latest custom Bradbury is blank. But that wont be for long!
Have some genuine stickers on their way from GCCC.
The CJI fatso is blank, but with 50mm+ edges, its pretty damn obvious what that is!

[tommo256]

guessing all our used....

[petehosk]

Poor bats? Not really. Haven't tried more than 15 of them out in the nets or matches yet.
But this year I will try to get down the nets more and try most of them out.

And the Screaming Cats both feel awesome. But need to start knocking the new one in really!

[petehosk]

Not planning on selling ANY yet!
I have traded a couple of bats, but only as an exception.
Apart from that, I will be more than happy to slog loads of balls in nets sessions and have a whale of a time trying them all out!

[tommo256]

oh cool....have you tried the Itias out?

[petehosk]

I havennt tried the Itias out, but I do like the look of it!! Its a nice looking bat and feels nice and balanced!

So I reveiwed the Redback this week. Was thinking of doing either the Harlequin or the Screamming Cat next?
Any ideas on which?

[niceonechoppy]

Screamer! Would love to see what guys think about the bats!

[hit4six]

Regarding the reviews, I say do both

I am amazed at the quality of your collection mate. I honestly thought when I read this topic you would have said 10 awesome bats and the rest lower grades, but I would be happy with 2 of them bats mate, let alone 46! Give me an email if any of them are for sale mate, as I would certainly be interested!