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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2016, 12:11:39 PM »
Bad news for kookaburra. All seems bizarre to me as Jos Butler is now there flagship player for England but not using their flagship range (Kahuna).

Even worse news if the Duke will be the universal ball for all formats. 


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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2016, 12:29:05 PM »
Woodworm are based in Redditch just down the road from Birmingham. They have plenty of bats in their warehouse so I'm sure he'll be able to find some gems there. However I think they're all Indian made as they have some CA bats in when I was there last.

I'm sure Hawk used to make his bats before and theyre only a short drive away from woodworm , might they be making them for him as I do not know if Woodworm have a bat maker as such.
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2016, 02:53:35 PM »
Id be amazed if he used a woodworm made bat!
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2016, 02:56:38 PM »
Perhaps the lure of his own range was the main driver if he gets a % of everyone sold.
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2016, 03:26:43 PM »
May be woodworm has bigger plans of a comeback.
Kook is definitely loosing lot of players

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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2016, 02:01:16 AM »
Kookaburra is really losing its market share in the Australian team, besides a few bowlers, I can't recall very many players using them. Used to have Langer, Ponting, Hussey etc.
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2016, 07:31:49 AM »
My favourite story about woodworm bats was that Simon Jones put puma stickers on one of KP's bats in the 2005 ashes.
AOC magazine ran a feature on borrowed kit recently
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2016, 08:24:14 AM »
Slightly off track but linked to borrowing kit. I watched the rerun of Gilchrist's cricketing greats on sky the other day. Langer was being interviewed and saying how much of a set of cricket badgers Ponting, Hussey and he were yet Gilchrist could go and smash the ball around with anything he picked up. Really interesting insight into Gillies' approach and huge talent. Oh and somewhat reassuring that a lot of pros are just a OCD as the rest of us about their bats and kit.
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2016, 08:49:42 AM »
Quote from: thegowerwaft on January 02, 2016, 08:24:14 AM
Slightly off track but linked to borrowing kit. I watched the rerun of Gilchrist's cricketing greats on sky the other day. Langer was being interviewed and saying how much of a set of cricket badgers Ponting, Hussey and he were yet Gilchrist could go and smash the ball around with anything he picked up. Really interesting insight into Gillies' approach and huge talent. Oh and somewhat reassuring that a lot of pros are just a OCD as the rest of us about their bats and kit.

Same was also said by Wasim Akram about Inzamam. He would pick like Mushtaq's bat or his bat and go out there and score runs with it.
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #24 on: January 02, 2016, 09:04:33 AM »
Apparently Sangakarra does it to.

He's been going through players bags and tries them and then tries to acquire them if they go.

Apparently he had a few of dan Christians, then after the game vs strikers, sent him into there changing room to try and acquire one of chirs Lynn's bats.
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #25 on: January 02, 2016, 09:26:27 AM »
Hawk made his bats when he was with Adidas. I expect that's what will happen again and Woodworm will be paying him to have their stickers on them.
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #26 on: January 04, 2016, 08:01:22 AM »
Too be frank woodworm are a terrible brand, they would've been much better served investing in a better product line and website tbh, paying Ian Bell loads of money to use there kit is it going to help them! Maybe they have big plans for 2016 as some have mentioned. Seems unlikely though

On a side note I thought kp and flintoff had "life time" deals!?



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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #27 on: January 04, 2016, 09:45:05 AM »
Quote from: RossViper on January 04, 2016, 08:01:22 AM
On a side note I thought kp and flintoff had "life time" deals!?

They had Lifetime Deals with "old" Woodworm.
I think when they went bankrupt the deals were gone.

With the "new" Woodworm it's just the name (and to an extent the branding) being used, but for all intensive purposes it's a new company.
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #28 on: January 04, 2016, 10:44:50 AM »
Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on January 04, 2016, 09:45:05 AM
They had Lifetime Deals with "old" Woodworm.
I think when they went bankrupt the deals were gone.

With the "new" Woodworm it's just the name (and to an extent the branding) being used, but for all intensive purposes it's a new company.

Intents and purposes?

Sorry, another petty pet hate, up there with things being 'top draw'
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Re: Ian Bell
« Reply #29 on: January 04, 2016, 12:32:47 PM »
Quote from: Kulli on January 04, 2016, 10:44:50 AM
Intents and purposes?

Sorry, another petty pet hate, up there with things being 'top draw'

Your spot on there ;)
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