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[Black Cat Cricket]

Not a joke, but a clever idea. The face is 4mm narrower than a 'conventional' bat.  You wouldn't notice unless you've been told, but when you consider the length of a blade, there's a fair bit of wood that has come off. 

Where would you prefer the mass on your bat?  2mm (that's 1/5th of a centimetre) on each edge?  Or all that wood in the middle?

It works on the same principle as the MMi3- take wood away from where you don't normally hit the ball, and put it where you do.

I'll post up pics of a shadow next to a Joker in a second so you can see for yourselves...

[Howzat]

I for one definately need as much bat width as I can get!

[m4ttc]

I for one definately need as much bat width as I can get!

yeah me too and I'm sure the mrs would agree too

[peplow]

Haha me too leo!! I can't be giving up width altho it means i may miss the little snicks to the keeper now!!

4mm isn't much actually, and you've shown it can work, well we'll see what the reviews say, but although i felt slightly disappointed at first it seems better than i first thought! Cant wait for pics!

[Johnny]

it's not how big it is, it's what you do with it that counts.....

...but if size really is in an issue is it better to be wider and a bit shorter, or longer and a bit thinner?

[Black Cat Cricket]

I for one definately need as much bat width as I can get!

Some people do!  This is the one down side of the bat, but it's a small one.

As I've said, if you've not been told it is marginally narrower, you wouldn't notice (I've had people looking at it and a regular bat for over 10 minutes, with the sole purpose of finding out the difference, and they couldn't tell).  I've given it for people to use in the nets, they've loved it said it was so much more powerful etc., but ask the same people if they'd consider using a thinner bat they'd laugh at you.

I don't know the width of a size 6, Tom, as we don't make them, but if they're 4mm narrower than a SH then that's right.

[Tom]

Looking at what I have next to me it would be halfway between a 6 and H actually.

[raymond]

If anyone has used a middling bat theyll know that its easy to hit most things with one of them, so i cant see 4mm as being a problem at all.

[Howzat]

size 6 is 4” wide
harrow is 4 1/6”
SH is 4 1/4”

[Johnny]

Do either the Joker or Mongoose provide a more forgiving bat? If I middle it with my current bat I'll hit it out of the ground, so what advantage do these bats really give? Do the off centre hits go further? Is the sweet spot bigger?

[Black Cat Cricket]

This will show it better hopefully.

Cheeky plug for our Custom stickers as well...

[raymond]

Just out of interest charlie was this your idea, or the batmakers, or have you merged as one now?

[Black Cat Cricket]

Do either the Joker or Mongoose provide a more forgiving bat? If I middle it with my current bat I'll hit it out of the ground, so what advantage do these bats really give? Do the off centre hits go further? Is the sweet spot bigger?

Suppose the bat you currently use is a 2lb 10oz.  The Joker gives you a profile of a 2lb 13/14oz bat, for the same weight of 2lb 10oz, and will feel very similar/identical to your 2lb 10oz. 

Furthermore, with edge sizes of about 45mm in the case of a 2lb 10oz, a mis hit shot goes as well as a middled shot on most other bats.

[Black Cat Cricket]

Just out of interest charlie was this your idea, or the batmakers, or have you merged as one now?

The idea has been discussed for a while, in fact I was so surprised that no one had already done it.  Maybe given the onset of t20, and the desire to hit the ball further, harder etc. has only recently made it something that people will buy?

Hopefully in the process in merging as one...

[m4ttc]

What's the lead in time on these bats Charlie?