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[Maverick79]

When I was at Hawk about 18 months ago, there were 3 clefts set aside with Broad's name on

[procricket]

He must be getting them from everywhere then and a load of them we dropped off loads
Last year to him

He does not knock them in either straight out of packet

Look at his handle sticker in photos !!!

Guess though like most internationals they get them from all over

[Percy]

When I was at Hawk about 18 months ago, there were 3 clefts set aside with Broad's name on

Ah, the mystery of it all! Wouldn't life be boring if everything was out in the open 

[ppccopener]

far as I know the pro's can get them from anywhere, there's gonna by some, Bell I think, who has got his bats from Hawk for ages. As long as the right sponsor stickers are on there no one cares.

Some of them get big money for sponsorship so even if they have to pay a batmaker something for one of theirs it's small change. They might even get given them who knows.

One of my ex team mates is now contracted to Kent and I saw an advertising pic of him with some lovely H4L gear the other day

that reminds me......I must contact him and ask him if he has any spares, er no, how he's getting on at Kent !!
 

[simonmay5]

Must be a good life for pros can get bats from any bat maker I sure they won't be charged especially if your a England international 

[procricket]

All non b3 sponsored players whoever they are are charged full price maybe to there management/sponsor but nobody walks away with a free bat

[ppccopener]

Must be a good life for pros can get bats from any bat maker I sure they won't be charged especially if your a England international 

absolutely... the down side for a batmaker thou is they can't advertise the fact...the pro has to be seen with the sponsors product....

I did think it quite funny first time I went down to 'somewhere in Essex that makes fabulous bats' and on the wall was a signed photo of Nasser saying 'thanks for everything throughout my career' posted up on the wall. He was of course exclusively GN thru his career 

I suppose he could of used their thigh pads or socks or sommat thou 

[edge]

All non b3 sponsored players whoever they are are charged full price maybe to there management/sponsor but nobody walks away with a free bat

Would love to see pros signing up on here to get the butterfly offer or something like that ha! Is that coming this year?

[ProCricketer1982]

I'm not sure why people care overly though, it's not like mere mortals will get the quality of wood that the likes of kp get (I don't overly count the avg county player). The quality of wood and the care they will take over it is not comparable to the normal trade bats. I don't care what any maker says, they get the best and it's looked after better than a 170 special

[Bats_Entertainment]

If Adidas shelf bats are made by SS, as it has been suggested they are, then surely they ought to be able to sort their pros out with decent bats?

Has it been mentioned that Ian Bell is with Woodworm this year?

[Bats_Entertainment]

I'm not sure why people care overly though, it's not like mere mortals will get the quality of wood that the likes of kp get (I don't overly count the avg county player). The quality of wood and the care they will take over it is not comparable to the normal trade bats. I don't care what any maker says, they get the best and it's looked after better than a 170 special

Disagree with this. A bat can only be so well made and willow only so good; it's a finite thing. Hawk won't be going 'KPs in town, let's take our bat-making to another level'.

[Alvaro]

Has it been mentioned that Ian Bell is with Woodworm this year?

Yes, there's a really long thread talking about blue stickers somewhere. It's better than it sounds.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Yes, there's a really long thread talking about blue stickers somewhere. It's better than it sounds.

Anyone offering a price on Test century scored with aforementioned blue stickers on display?

[ppccopener]

Anyone offering a price on Test century scored with aforementioned blue stickers on display?

Nope!! I know he has split opinion on the forum(i liked watching him myself) but cannot see any way back to the test side now

Personally i dont think Hales is the answer and i believe Vince will be in the team come June

I could be wrong of course!

[edge]

Disagree with this. A bat can only be so well made and willow only so good; it's a finite thing. Hawk won't be going 'KPs in town, let's take our bat-making to another level'.

Having had my hands over a few Hawks, they do make nice bats but I promise you KP/Bell will be wanting something better than what Hawk sell to the public!

@ppccopener  - Vince who struggled badly in first class last year?