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[Northern monkey]

I'd agree with senior
I've stopped using match bats in any net practice
Our match balls are bat breakers, doesn't matter how old they might be or who's bowling friendly to me.

Knock the bat in as well as you can, and stick a scuff on it if your gonna use it in the nets.

The amount of cheap balls used these days is depressing
 I hate using a scuff sheet

[WalkingWicket37]

More freindly in the nets ? My teammates know I can't resist the hook  so they  whiz the ball past my nose.

Are you sure that's the only reason?

[JB]

I had my B3 Butterfly break like this when a teammate tried to put a yorker out of the county

[Seniorplayer]

Are you sure that's the only reason?

Well you never know they may be trying to knock my head off ....

[Seniorplayer]

I had my B3 Butterfly break like this when a teammate tried to put a yorker out of the county

Well that's unlucky knowing how harder and denser butterfly willow is.

[WalkingWicket37]

Well that's unlucky knowing how harder and denser butterfly willow is.

Had it been a normal ball or a defensive shot yes, the key was that said teammate "tried to put a Yorker out of the county".

This never ends well, and the ball always wins!

[KW9221]

I'd agree with senior
I've stopped using match bats in any net practice
Our match balls are bat breakers, doesn't matter how old they might be or who's bowling friendly to me.

I started to do the same. I have few cheap bats that I use in nets including a Kashmir willow CEAT bat. It pings!

[vibrate]

When you say you knocked it in, how long did you spend on the bottom 4/5 inches of the bat?

I spent a good 90 min or so. Always give the bottom of the bat aswell as the edges the most attention when knocking in

[Biggie Smalls]

When it comes to playing in a new bat I'll use it for fielding drills at club training and non club net sessions where i know only old/good quality balls will be used . Then i start using it against a bowling machine for a few hrs . Lastly ,i then net with it against new balls at club training (only if there are no bat breakers , or i provide the net bowlers with new quality balls) . Then it it match ready , at which point i never net with it again .... until i retire it from match bat to just a net bat .

[Neon Cricket]

Was it a GM Neon that broke when playing a forward defensive shot (followed by smashing the face of the blade on the top of the stumps yelling "there can be only one true Neon bat")... sorry, couldn't resist 

Haha - sadly not but this would've been a far better outcome!

[vibrate]

Prodirect have gotten back to me about  the damage and want me to send the bat back with a detailed description on how it happened. 

Just got shipping quotes and its actually cheaper for me to send the bat for a refurb in australia then back to the uk. Im probably gonna go the route since im not sure if prodirect Will actually do anything once they receive the bat

[SOULMAN1012]

Will be quicker and easier to just send direct to GM in the U.K not sure the repair will last overly well if you have managed to
Do that much damage early on

[skip1973]

Prodirect have gotten back to me about  the damage and want me to send the bat back with a detailed description on how it happened. 

Just got shipping quotes and its actually cheaper for me to send the bat for a refurb in australia then back to the uk. Im probably gonna go the route since im not sure if prodirect Will actually do anything once they receive the bat

It's unrepairable in my opinion, send it back to the retailer in the UK  they should replace it. Get it repaired here and you have zero warranty, it's one of the perils of saving a few bucks buying oversea's I'm afraid, they will be banking on you not sending it back.

[Seniorplayer]

It's unrepairable in my opinion, send it back to the retailer in the UK  they should replace it. Get it repaired here and you have zero warranty, it's one of the perils of saving a few bucks buying oversea's I'm afraid, they will be banking on you not sending it back.

The retailer may replace it but It's more likely  they will  send the bat to the manufacturer.

[Neon Cricket]

It's unrepairable in my opinion, send it back to the retailer in the UK  they should replace it. Get it repaired here and you have zero warranty, it's one of the perils of saving a few bucks buying oversea's I'm afraid, they will be banking on you not sending it back.

Do you believe GM should replace something that is clearly the result of misuse though? Just curious as I know views differ wildly on the subject

As far as I'd be concerned, any free repair given on that bat would be out of goodwill more than anything - the damage is almost certainly outside of warranty