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[InternalTraining]

I promised myself that no more bats! But, I am feeling weak. 

What are the specs of that BAS that Amla uses? Anyone knows Amla? Can I buy one of his knocked bats?

[hanif]

From the pictures I have seen he does not use anything special in terms of shape. Looks very similar to an off the shelf BAS. BAS tend to do 3 shapes in any model so can be a little random at times. There is a mid to high similar to CA, spine in to the toe bit of concaving, then there is the mid middle spine rounded in to the toe pretty full shape and finally mid to low pretty full shape spine rounded in to the toe. Amla's bat looks similar to the mid to high middle, maybe with a few minor tweaks.

[InternalTraining]

You are right, it is a mid to high shaped bat.

What about weight? Ball races to the boundary when he drives!!

[Thesmiff]

Its clearly a phenomenal piece of wood. He is a test player you'd expect that. But the ball will be traveling quicker when it reaches him than the average club player because of the pace of the bowling and pitch quality. Let's not forget the quality of the ability of the fella holding it to time it and find the sweetest spot of the sweet sport

[alee]

from what i know, he uses a very light bat, around 2.6

[uknsaunders]

from what i know, he uses a very light bat, around 2.6

I heard it was 2'5 and a lightweight cleft. I think they were discussing it during one of the tests.

[Seniorplayer]

I heard it was 2'5 and a lightweight cleft. I think they were discussing it during one of the tests.

Yes I heard it as well with an high middle

[csnew]

That probably owes more to the fact he's an unbelievable player

Nope! Everyone on the forum knows it's the bat! That's why we all have 10+ bat's and if we get out it's the bat's fault!

[InternalTraining]

Nope! Everyone on the forum knows it's the bat! That's why we all have 10+ bat's and if we get out it's the bat's fault!

10+ only?

Amateurs. 

[hanif]

2lb 5 oz that is crazy light especially from a company like BAS as they rarely produce bats below 2lb 9oz. Lightest one I have seen was 2lb 7.4oz.

[Number4]

I noticed the recent bats he has been using don't have the BAS stamp on the edges

[Andythomo21]

May well be mistaken but during last test I'm sure I heard 2lb 8oz mentioned?

[WalkingWicket37]

I don't think his bats have edge stamps because of the new regulations (something to do with hotspot)

[brokenbat]

I heard it was 2'5 and a lightweight cleft. I think they were discussing it during one of the tests.

they may have literally meant 2.5 oz, which would be 2 lb 8oz.

[edge]

Just a thought - commentators chat quite often about bat weights, but I'm going to assume they haven't been round the nets with a set of scales, so I doubt they're too reliable! Been plenty of examples of contradictions with what players themselves have said.