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[uknsaunders]

Harping back to the crictech sheets I used a few years ago, I took 2 bats with no use and used them against a bowling machine at Dummer Saturday. @petehosk also used them extensively. Possibly a couple of others had a go. Anyway, you can see very nicely the ball impact areas on the two photos below:-





Dummer is a bit spongy and the ball can bounce up but it's interesting how little the toe gets bashed.  Pete was mainly driving the ball and I had a mixture of good length, shortish and half volleys. Not sure what others had.

[petehosk]

I always like to do a decent job of playing the edges in Nick!

[Buzz]

dummer is a very bouncy surface... just ask the stig!

[uknsaunders]

Must be as I bounced @WalkingWicket37  bowling spin 

I'll take these to @Vitas Cricket next weekend and see whether the ball marks spread much on a slightly lower surface.

[petehosk]

I need to try the GN in less bouncy nets too! If I am striking the ball mid-high on the bat, then I need to know.
It certainly seemed to be quite high on the bat most of the time. I know people do mention the bouncy wicket but I also remember that past experiments indicated that wickets have less to do with it than we think!!

[tim2000s]

I need to try the GN in less bouncy nets too! If I am striking the ball mid-high on the bat, then I need to know.
It certainly seemed to be quite high on the bat most of the time. I know people do mention the bouncy wicket but I also remember that past experiments indicated that wickets have less to do with it than we think!!

Always surprised me how high up the bat I hit the ball. Always used to go for a mid-low middle then when I checked, I discovered that a mid-middle was fine.

[uknsaunders]

I need to try the GN in less bouncy nets too! If I am striking the ball mid-high on the bat, then I need to know.
It certainly seemed to be quite high on the bat most of the time. I know people do mention the bouncy wicket but I also remember that past experiments indicated that wickets have less to do with it than we think!!

The basic tests I did on lower bouncing decks indicated a marginal difference (a couple of CM) but essentially the balls all hit the same areas. You crouch more on lower bouncing decks to compensate.

[Batbuddy99]

I had a bit of a smash with those two aswell, and considering I was playing some on the half volley the stoke marks are very high indeed!


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[edge]

Hard to tell from photos if it's happened here but in my experience some shots mark less or don't leave a mark - anything where the ball is skidding across the surface a little is much more likely to leave a big mark, so a cut or square drive might be obvious whereas a punch down the ground may not show so well. Anyone else seen the same?

[Batbuddy99]

Generally that is true for cherries but for bowling machine indents I think it's different


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[edge]

Generally that is true for cherries but for bowling machine indents I think it's different


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Yeah definitely true with proper balls, do think you get the same effect, albeit lesser, with bola balls though?

[Batbuddy99]

I always thought because they were harder off the bat they left marks on every attacking shot, because on my old scuff sheets I always had bola marks everywhere on the bat, but only cherries on certain parts of the blade


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