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IJC tour of B3 Cricket
« on: March 24, 2021, 03:55:43 PM »
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Re: IJC tour of B3 Cricket
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2021, 04:18:07 PM »
Lockdown has been hard on Paul.
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Re: IJC tour of B3 Cricket
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2021, 04:25:04 PM »
"2.9... picks up probably 2.8."  :D
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Re: IJC tour of B3 Cricket
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2021, 04:33:06 PM »
Quote from: Alvaro on March 24, 2021, 04:18:07 PM
Lockdown has been hard on Paul.

Did he always hold a bat halfway down the handle?
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2021, 04:53:28 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on March 24, 2021, 04:25:04 PM
"2.9... picks up probably 2.8."  :D

🙈🙈 what's wrong with anyone saying "this bat's a 2.9 and picks up really well reflecting that weight due to the shape/middle/etc"

Does ANYONE have that good a feel to say an ounce either way?!
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2021, 05:27:56 PM »
Quote from: jamielsn15 on March 24, 2021, 04:53:28 PM


Does ANYONE have that good a feel to say an ounce either way?!

Exactly my point?
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Re: IJC tour of B3 Cricket
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2021, 05:33:06 PM »
"A bat is a very personal thing. I don't see how you can buy one off the internet. It's a touchy-feely thing. If you are standing there at the crease and it diesn't feel right, you have a problem. You are not focusing as you should be."

Graham Gooch in this month's Cricketer.
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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2021, 07:17:14 PM »
Don't get me wrong, I've used B3s for years, lovely bats. But you've got to go to the showroom. No way I'm buying off the web. Same applies for cars. And guitars!
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Re: IJC tour of B3 Cricket
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2021, 07:39:07 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on March 24, 2021, 05:33:06 PM
"A bat is a very personal thing. I don't see how you can buy one off the internet. It's a touchy-feely thing. If you are standing there at the crease and it diesn't feel right, you have a problem. You are not focusing as you should be."

Graham Gooch in this month's Cricketer.

For me, no bat feels right until I have spent the morning session of a test match with a number of grips and a roll of fabric tape playing around with the handle until it feels right.  Completely changes the way a bat feels in my experience
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Re: IJC tour of B3 Cricket
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2021, 08:01:34 PM »
I'm sure you all and Mr Gooch are dead right. Probably now thou, 50 per cent, maybe 75 per cent of amateur cricketers buy on line. Internet companies like Prodirect have expanded massively in a shortish time frame.

I wish there were more cricket specialist shops, but I can't think of many and it's asking too much to stay open just for us when they are uneconomical.
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Re: IJC tour of B3 Cricket
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2021, 08:10:10 PM »
The biggest problem I have with buying bats online is that there are very few companies out there who provide pictures of the actual bat you’re going to buy. Most websites simply stick a stock picture up there, and quite often it won’t even be the same grade. It’s not a problem for other sports such as tennis, golf or hockey, as these are all machine made to within miniscule tolerances of each other.

That said, out of the ten Sir Ben Stokes GM bats I have, only one was picked out in person. I decided that I liked the shape, then put my faith in GMs snazzy machines and the chap who decides the grade of willow. It worked out fine!
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« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2021, 08:12:09 PM »
At least 75%, I reckon.

And seemingly 75% of cricketers at any net session I attend will want to pick up my bat and guess its weight to the exact ounce.  I like to tell them "I have no idea", even though I actually do.
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« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2021, 08:14:17 PM »
Quote from: SouthpawMark on March 24, 2021, 08:10:10 PM
That said, out of the ten Sir Ben Stokes GM bats I have, only one was picked out in person. I decided that I liked the shape, then put my faith in GMs snazzy machines and the chap who decides the grade of willow. It worked out fine!

They all feel exactly the same? Really?
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« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2021, 08:16:49 PM »
* Sometimes people who aren't even cricketers want to join in the 'guess the weight' game. :D
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« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2021, 08:32:29 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on March 24, 2021, 08:14:17 PM
They all feel exactly the same? Really?

No, not all exactly the same. One feels like it has been pressed slightly more firmly, or is a denser cleft than the others, and that was obvious as soon as I had a hit with it, but all are within half an ounce in weight, and there or thereabouts when it comes to their respective balance points. I’m sure other people would feel (or say they could feel) the differences in static weight or balance, but I can’t. I think some chaps get a bit OCD when it comes to bats. I’m OCD about them matching, being entirely sapwood and having 8 to 10 straight grains, but I don’t notice the tiny variations in weight - doesn’t bother me at all.
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