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[Tom]

New Slazenger bats for 2009 are as follows:

The i-blade, used by Paul Collingwood, delivers an enlarged sweet spot for improved power and control.

Ian Bell's Air Blade series is Slazenger's lightest and most maneuverable bat, providing enhanced performance for the all-round stroke player.

[Tom]

[stevie]

And why have they anounced these mid-season? Have the pure blade and the other ones in the range( can't remember the names) not been selling?
Saying that i do like the blue sticker's, i presume they're the ones that bell's been using. Also no news on Kallisi's green sticker's.

[Tom]

Possibly to do with the Adidas release? With Adidas release around Christmas I'd guess they'll want to maximise their sales potential. The majority haven't heard about Adidas' range, will see Bell and Collingwood using these and may well want to buy them. Also if the rumour Bell going to Adidas is true, they want to get some exposure of these bats before he leaves.

Just guessing mind, it is rather odd to launch this early

[Sambo]

i think they would sell alot more if they put on the old v389's over there. i think they havent beeen selling well.so time for new ones. notice the lack of stickers on the back

[Howzat]

Agree with sambo i would actually buy a slaz if they used the v389 stickers!
Is it me or is that bat on the left got cutouts on the edges of the middle? Or are they just stickers?

[Richie]

They both look really concaved....

[maXXed]

Are these available to buy?

[Tom]

Not available at the moment, later this year apparently.

[E-Unit]

Omg, love the blue bat, love it with the clean back and not to much stickers.

[maXXed]

Would need to be very clean on the back though... I'm not to keen on that part of it

[Howzat]

It looks to me like the bat on the right has huge conacaving... like this bat only all the way down instead of two 'hollows'

[maXXed]

There are actually stickers on both the bats - why would the above photos be taken without them?



Also, watching the Test yesterday, it looks like those two stickers on the back of Colly's bat 'bulge' out a bit - could be wrong though!

[Tom]

Yeh agree with the last bit Maxxed, was a good photo showing it in the paper.

[stevie]

Looks like the change of sticker's helped colly today. Any news on Kallis's new sticker's?