Adidas has stopped making bats and softs
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Adidas has stopped making bats and softs
« on: September 11, 2018, 07:39:55 PM »
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Re: Adidas has stopped making bats and softs
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2018, 08:34:53 PM »
Kohli pic in the article - sharpie alert.
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Re: Adidas has stopped making bats and softs
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2020, 08:52:29 PM »
Quote from: mattw on September 11, 2018, 07:39:55 PM
Interesting read - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/global-sportswear-giants-reduce-cricket-spends/articleshow/65761670.cms
wish I’d read this sooner. Got some xt1.0 pads and gloves and the quality is poor - fraying and scuffing and splitting after a few uses. Maybe my expectation of pads lasting me years with today’s throw away society was unrealistic.
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Re: Adidas has stopped making bats and softs
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2020, 09:37:35 PM »
Their Softs are made in the same factory as many other top end on the Softs on the market I’d imagine given the volumes they shift.
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Re: Adidas has stopped making bats and softs
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2020, 10:14:16 PM »
I suspect you’re right, I didn’t have the same issues with the GM LEs however that are also Indian made and used them for years. Maybe my expectations are too high, but for £100 odd I’d expect a top end pad to perform better. They have scuffed up something chronic and trimming piping has split and this is after two 10 minute net sessions - cant wait to dive on a dry wicket running a quick single.

Shame really as that aside the fit and protection is top notch.
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Re: Adidas has stopped making bats and softs
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2020, 11:00:20 PM »
Maybe you got a bad pair?
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Re: Adidas has stopped making bats and softs
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2020, 08:30:54 AM »
That could be the case but you expect a good company's Quality Control to pick up something like that.
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