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Mfarank

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Drier than the sahara
« on: February 24, 2019, 06:17:55 AM »
So heres my teammate's Ca plus 15000 that he got at the start of the season in october. Hes a top order batsman and has scored about 800 runs with it in about 30 innings. Its seen a fair bit of repairs as well. And finally yesterday it gave in after he slogged one and inside edged it.
Was a standard issue Ca with about 41mm edge, 65mm spine and some concaving weighing at 2lb11oz and cost him about 200gbp











Its pretty much done now as theres not many people here in the uae who can fix this kind of damage professionally. The crack is all the way up the shoulder and into the splice
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2019, 09:39:39 AM »
That shouldnt have happened as the sticker on the front says the bat is fully knocked....
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2019, 10:02:21 AM »
Quote from: Wickets-then-runs on February 24, 2019, 09:39:39 AM
That shouldnt have happened as the sticker on the front says the bat is fully knocked....
The sticker was completely ignored and the bat was prepared properly as per the standard protocol
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2019, 11:05:31 AM »
Hopefully enough linseed oil was used, or does look very dry, think any bat will break the way this has been used
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2019, 11:09:58 AM »
Quote from: AJ2014 on February 24, 2019, 11:05:31 AM
Hopefully enough linseed oil was used, or does look very dry, think any bat will break the way this has been used
If a bat has dried out no amount of linseed oil will ever put the moisture back in. Linseed oil only helps seal the moisture already inside the willow.
And no it has not been abused. The batsman this belonged to is a very good batsman who doesnt try to smash at everything.
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2019, 01:26:21 PM »
An old sage once told me that if you dip the bat in a river, it won't be dry anymore.  ;)
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2019, 04:03:57 PM »
What type of balls has that been used against? The seems to he a lot of yellow ball marks on that and many of the reds ones have left the kind of paint like residue you don't get with quality balls. It doesn't matter how good a bat you are using if the balls aren't up to scratch
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2019, 04:12:48 PM »
Quote from: SD on February 24, 2019, 04:03:57 PM
What type of balls has that been used against? The seems to he a lot of yellow ball marks on that and many of the reds ones have left the kind of paint like residue you don't get with quality balls. It doesn't matter how good a bat you are using if the balls aren't up to scratch
The same kind of balls that all other bats are used against. Never seen anything like this with any other brands
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2019, 04:32:01 PM »
Quote from: Mfarank on February 24, 2019, 06:17:55 AM
So heres my teammate's Ca plus 15000 that he got at the start of the season in october. Hes a top order batsman and has scored about 800 runs with it in about 30 innings. ...Was a standard issue Ca with about 41mm edge, 65mm spine and some concaving weighing at 2lb11oz and cost him about 200gbp

30 innings, 800 runs and cost 200 GBP is not a bad equation. How long, ideally, do you want a bat to last? How long should a bat last?
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2019, 04:34:35 PM »
Your bias against the brand is clearly obvious. The number of full cherries showing up on the edge clearly show plenty of abuse. Which balls are used for the cricket in the UAE - SG?
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2019, 04:35:17 PM »
Quote from: Mfarank on February 24, 2019, 04:12:48 PM
The same kind of balls that all other bats are used against. Never seen anything like this with any other brands

Are all things truly equal in your comparison? Usage? Prep? Let's say that all things are equal and this CA was less durable. Then, so what? Bats break, some sooner than others.
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2019, 05:22:09 PM »
If last season was anything to go by going by the 800 run equation I think this bat would have lasted me about 5 years! 👍👍
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2019, 05:40:54 PM »
That edge looks more used than the entire middle of the bat.
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2019, 06:10:00 PM »
Quote from: InternalTraining on February 24, 2019, 04:32:01 PM
30 innings, 800 runs and cost 200 GBP is not a bad equation. How long, ideally, do you want a bat to last? How long should a bat last?

I always use 10p per run as a reasonable rule of thumb.
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Re: Drier than the sahara
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2019, 06:20:01 PM »



B3 after 2 long nets.



H4L after one net.



GM players after a short and sweet innings for 38 runs.

All 3 have a few things in common, they were used by the same player, the middle got more action than the edges, and all of them are terrific bats. But sadly all of them had wear and tear along the edges very early and had to be fixed. Does this make these bats bad value for money, not at all because that’s expected of top end bats. Light for their weight and pressed differently than lower grade bats.

For comparison the CA below was used for 1.5 years and was used way more than all 3 bats above combined. Removed the scuffsheet and took these pictures:





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