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The Newbery Excalibur
« on: July 25, 2016, 11:36:40 AM »

Nice little story about the bat, and its inventor.
Turns out the design came about completely by accident...
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/918223.html
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Re: The Newbery Excalibur
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2016, 12:00:05 PM »

Think there been a topic on that article before
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Re: The Newbery Excalibur
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2016, 12:10:18 PM »

I enjoyed reading that, thanks for bringing it to my attention :)
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Re: The Newbery Excalibur
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2016, 12:22:05 PM »

good read
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