I heard Wimbledon Wanderers 6th XI have got a fella who bowls who is 70
rather than dreading playing against Wimbledon Wanderers 6th XI because apparently they've got a fella who bowls at 70mph.
Their initials aren't P C are they?
Heard an interesting story last week about GM.A NZ batsman sponsored by GM was breaking all his GM bats (not on purpose ) and I heard that a lot of pro GM's were breaking last season. Anyway he was about to face the Aussie bowlers in the Chappell/Hadlee series this year and had no bats. GM had to send him an off the shelf model which by all accounts was much smaller than his usual bats as he uses 2.8. He was pretty good about it but was shocked at the size difference but had no choice to face Mitchell Stark et al with it. He managed to score a couple of 40's I think. So it can be done with bats available to the public.
Lots of players below the elite , pros get grade 2 and 3 and still do very well with them.
Hasn't that Shane Watson story worked it's way down from the bat being a grade 2? Sort of like a fisherman's tale in reverse?
It's always been told to me (from the horses mouth) as the lowest grade they have, because that's the junk willow they always use when getting templates/shapes right for players, due to the amount of wasted bats they can sometimes make before they get something the player likes