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[Shinpathy]

Looks pretty meaty, similar sticker scheme to the 50 pluses....

 

[SRH]

Hard to tell how big these are, doubt they will be like last years 50+. Any idea when they will be available?

[Ajdal]

All Aussie retailers(GCCC, Kingsgrove, Cricket Warehouse) have the signatures in ~40mm edges(2.12+ weight) to comply with the new regulations. Only Meulemans got the signatures in last year's 50+ shape which will be 2.14+

[Ajdal]

Any of the new bats in Aus stores yet?

Fancy a gander at some of these in the flesh

Yes they are now available at all major retailers.

[Nmcgee]

They are the biggest bats that meet MCC regulations. No concaving, or at least not on the ones I looked at. Clean willow. Not as light as I was expecting though.

[Ajdal]

Fair enough. First time visiting Aus for me and it had to come at the flipping end of the big bats! Oh well, might not waste a trip to the shops

Kingsgrove and Meulemans have some big Kabooms

[Biggie Smalls]

Picked one up instore today . Felt it's weight . Not overly fussed with the shape , i personally think the legend, silver etc feel a lot nicer .

[InternalTraining]

Picked one up instore today . Felt it's weight . Not overly fussed with the shape , i personally think the legend, silver etc feel a lot nicer .

50mm or 40mm?

[skip1973]

Picked one up instore today . Felt it's weight . Not overly fussed with the shape , i personally think the legend, silver etc feel a lot nicer .

I didn't think you used Australian retailers?

[Biggie Smalls]

50mm or 40mm?

40mm

[Biggie Smalls]

I didn't think you used Australian retailers?

I bought 3x xp80s a couple months ago ,but other than that , ive not purchased from an aussie retailer for as long as i can remember .
I go to this retailer twice a week for other reasons and figure i can pick up a bat or two to look at while I'm there .

[Biggie Smalls]

I bought 3x xp80s a couple months ago ,but other than that , ive not purchased from an aussie retailer for as long as i can remember .
I go to this retailer twice a week for other reasons and figure i can pick up a bat or two to look at while I'm there .

... and i only bought those xp80s from an aussie retailer because they are unique , i love them and they were each discounted $200.

[Biggie Smalls]

... and i only bought those xp80s from an aussie retailer because they are unique , i love them and they were each discounted $200.

Oh , and i might buy a g.n silver at some stage this season too , and obviously , that would have to be from an aussie retailer.... comes down to this : if i love the product , it is unique ( ie cant get it somewhere else ) and the price is reasonable , then ive no problem ( in fact i prefer ) to purchase from an aussie retailer . But i have a choice of either not buying very much gear (because im poor ) or finding reasonable , competitive prices - and unfortunately,  most of the time , the prices at aussie retailers are neither . Until that changes , I'll be buying almost all my kit from the u.k or subcontinent.

[skip1973]

Oh , and i might buy a g.n silver at some stage this season too , and obviously , that would have to be from an aussie retailer.... comes down to this : if i love the product , it is unique ( ie cant get it somewhere else ) and the price is reasonable , then ive no problem ( in fact i prefer ) to purchase from an aussie retailer . But i have a choice of either not buying very much gear (because im poor ) or finding reasonable , competitive prices - and unfortunately,  most of the time , the prices at aussie retailers are neither . Until that changes , I'll be buying almost all my kit from the u.k or subcontinent.

Unfortunately we can't control the exchange rate and I agree top end bat prices have gone silly but I can't agree with the value part, I have found bats in low - mid range models that are every bit as good as high end models, just not as pretty. Retailers don't survive on selling a handful of $1000+ cricket bats, we have been going 40 years now based on service and offering good products at fair prices, same as the other couple of cricket specialist in Australia.

[well past my peak]

I think the difference to the UK is the number of models in the insane price bracket in AUS even without the currency conversion variability.

Just noticed the perfect bat for @Seniorplayer (light and GN ) https://www.kingsgrovesports.com.au/gray-nicolls-gem-bat-2017-18.html

yeah just watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdmxxROx1bM great concept for a young batsmen, nice pricing for a AUS GN, only issue I can see is the young guys who should be using such a stick, probably won't because their role model is using different stickers