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How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« on: April 20, 2016, 01:50:06 PM »

Just wondering how often people break their bats beyond repair? Are you seeing terminal breaks in the newer models more than say the older bats you owned ?
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2016, 01:51:50 PM »

Not so much terminal damage, but I'm managing to create a new crack every net session at the moment haha
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2016, 01:58:25 PM »

I hadn't properly broken one until 2014, then i broke three in quick succession (two of which were repairable but not the same afterwards. Since then I've bearly made a scratch on my match bat, which has meant I've built a bit of a collections of 'spares'
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2016, 02:02:00 PM »

I don't think ive ever broken a bat properly, mainly due to lack of batting skill thus resulting in less time at the crease!!
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2016, 02:02:37 PM »

Only had one suffer irreversible damage and that was a G&M Purist that ended in three pieces, two sections of the Blade and a dislocated handle. Fingers crossed no more suffer anything like that, it was a tough pill to swallow.
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2016, 04:42:44 PM »

I've never broken a bat before
Being 16 I have only owned 2 short handled bats (one bought this winter) and the first bat is still flying!
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2016, 05:00:37 PM »

I've always broke bats.

When you get and I need the full life out of them, taking them to beyond repair happens a lot.
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2016, 06:41:23 PM »

I've made a habit of it over the years,  started with school bats at 14 in the nets and it's carried on since. Averaged about one every season and a half and not all of them have been mine!
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2016, 07:05:07 PM »

Never broken a bat beyond repair. However, the handle on on h4l snapped at the end of last season and I got it re-handled.
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2016, 07:34:26 PM »

Had a SS lying around for 8 years, never really looked after it as it was a gift, usually was kept near my radiator in my room. Lasted me a while until it severely cracked in the middle, only for in the same net session the new CA bat I got had a chunk come off after only 15 balls.

So two bats ruined within 10 minutes.

My MB Malik bat has severe cracking due to someone using a "bat breaker" ball in the nets. A really good bat ruined.

Be good to know if anyone has suggestions for a new bat, I'm currently looking for one now. Preferably for £100-125
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2016, 07:54:02 PM »

Only once, with a cheap new ball in a friendly and a square cut hitting the toe, putting a crack in a fairly new bat.

I seem to get more bats damaged by other people than myself.
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2016, 08:50:55 PM »

Broken a few whilst playing friendlies with cheap balls.
I have a couple of oldish bats that get brought out if I'm in any doubt as to ball quality

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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2016, 03:24:15 AM »

I don't think I have personally broken a bat myself.
Someone borrowed my CA bat the other day and it came back with a nice chip off the toe side. What can you do? :: cold sigh ::
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2016, 04:50:11 AM »

Beyond repair once, dug out a Yorker from a genuine quick that split right up through ute and back of bat but that's it really beyond repair in 17 seasons that I can remember
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Re: How Often Do You Break Your Bat?
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2016, 05:18:20 AM »

I am a nudger so I don't break many, unfortunately when I loan my nice light bats to other people is when the damage gets done.
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