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[Centurion]

So i was practising in the nets and this happened...









I was told if something like this happened, the bat would be replaced free of charge. So I will probably go down to hunts on Friday to get a new one (another excuse to get a new bat I suppose).

The bat itself was oiled 3 times and was knocked in for a few weeks so I don't think it was under-prepared. Maybe overdried or storm damaged but I'm not really sure.

Nothing against hunts county and tony. His bats are superb. Just a dodgy piece of wood but I am definitely not put off buying his bats. I was just unlucky that I got a weak bat. At least he will replace it free of charge.

Reminds me of Michael Carberry snapping his in the ashes.


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[smilley792]

Storm damage!


Strange his seems to be a hot topic at moment, was there a big storm in the last year effecting the bats?
I've just had a custom h4l stopped halfway through as Matt found storm damage in my selected cleft. Was gutted

[Centurion]

Storm damage!


Strange his seems to be a hot topic at moment, was there a big storm in the last year effecting the bats?
I've just had a custom h4l stopped halfway through as Matt found storm damage in my selected cleft. Was gutted

Either that or the cleft was really really dry. Ah well at least I get the smell of fresh wood on Friday


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[thedevil]

Stick a bit of PVA in it and clamp it up....last a few seasons 

It's dead. Manufacturer should replace that as not the type of damage you would get from not looking after it

[Centurion]

Stick a bit of PVA in it and clamp it up....last a few seasons 

It's dead. Manufacturer should replace that as not the type of damage you would get from not looking after it

Tony said that if something like this  happened to come back to him and he would replace it for free.


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[edge]

I had a bat go straight in two like this last season, the bottom half flew off and hit the non striker! Happily the batmaker (a forum sponsor) sorted me out and replaced it straight away. Assumed that was the mythical storm damage, who knows though.

[Thesmiff]

Happened to to one of our side too he had a TON bat used for 4 games split right under the splice.  It was only the stickers holding together. Looked tinder dry inside though

[Centurion]

Yeah something i've never seen before. Just had a laugh when this happened. Was absolutely stunned. I felt the bottom of the bat fly back as played an on drive and there was a lot of power loss. I looked down on the floor and saw some small wood chippings, looked down at the toe; toe was fine. Tapped the bat down again; seemed fine. Looked again and half of it was behind the other!


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[ppccopener]

Likely to be weak from storm damage,had a couple go like this its just unfortunate,can happen to any make or model
Mine was a newbery snapped pretty much like this and it was replaced just fine.
I saw a few tell tale signs on the willow when i went to a manufacturer but its also the case its not always visable when picking a bat.

[The Doctor]

I did a recent blog post on this - http://wp.me/p69Qw2-1u

Not sure if this a compression crease as I cannot see the tell tale signs of the lighning strike but these might be visible in the edge. Looks to me like a possible inherant flaw in the willow, these break a batmakers heart as they could do nothing about it but unfortunately they are the ones that have to replace :-(

Streaky

[Centurion]

Cheers mate. Great read. I feel sorry for the batmakers because they would be losing money but it's just something that happens I guess.


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[trypewriter]

I did a recent blog post on this - http://wp.me/p69Qw2-1u

Not sure if this a compression crease as I cannot see the tell tale signs of the lighning strike but these might be visible in the edge. Looks to me like a possible inherant flaw in the willow, these break a batmakers heart as they could do nothing about it but unfortunately they are the ones that have to replace :-(

Streaky

Might be a good idea to remind guys on here of the wasteage percentage - the hidden cost of batmaking.

[bostoncricketer]

Is the bat maker stuck with the replacement bill or does the willow supplier replace it?

[Centurion]

The bat maker is probably going to have to pay the bill unfortunately.


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[Seniorplayer]

Now thanks to Streaky we are all experts on breakages i am in the storm damage camp.