Hi everyone!
Bare with me on this one as i have no idea if it'll make any sense!
As i'll be entering my third season of cricket this year, i think it's finally time i invested in a proper piece of willow! The £50 kookaburra i picked up in my first season has served me reasonably well, but i'd like to get myself a non-plank as i'll be moving up the order this year, and we all know that a new bat is the only way to increase your batting average!
I'll pre-face this by saying that i'm not exactly au fait with all the technical terms when it comes to designing a bat so forgive me!
I've been using my mates bat at winter nets this year, as out of all our team, his bat felt the most perfect for me! It's a Tour De Force made by Woodstock. It has a mid-low middle and weighs about 2'7/8-ish. However, the thing that makes it feel decent to me is the handle. My kook is a round handle that always felt a bit bulky in my hands (i have very small hands) whereas my mates is a oval handle which always felt a bit smaller in my hands ( i have no idea if this is a common theme with oval vs round, or whether it's just this bat?)
(It's this bat, if anyone was interested in what i'm on about;
http://www.itsjustcricket.co.uk/cricket-bats-c17/senior-cricket-bats-c18/woodstock-tour-de-force-platinum-cricket-bat-p813)
So realistically i'll be looking for a bat around 2'8, with a mid-low middle and an oval handle.
I'm undecided on where to go for it! I'm only 5/10 mins down the road from hunts county, however i'm unsure what the deal is with customs from there since Tony retired. The other option would of course be to go to B3. I've got roughly £200-ish for it. Again, i have no idea what the pricing is like on a bat like this!
Apologies if this sounds like a slightly uncoordinated stream of random information, but i thought i'd start the ball rolling with this post as i'll be looking to get it at some point in January, preferably before i go back to uni!
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