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[InternalTraining]

Corked baseball bats generate better speeds than normal baseball bats. Has anyone tried to "cork" a cricket bat like a corked baseball bat? If so, what were the results?

[Jimbo]

Is the principle not quite similar to a laminate cricket bat?

[FattusCattus]

Didn't Hunts put a hole down the middle of one of their bats, and a honeycombed back to another?

[jonny77]

Send it didn't help baseball batters hit it further. Going back to the debate I suppose of big and light isn't better. Although there seems to be potentially perceived benefits from swinging quicker and therefore later?

https://www.technologyreview.com/2010/09/16/200387/the-misleading-myth-of-the-corked-bat/

There have been holes drilled into clefts, but this was more to just reduce weight in heavy clefts. If it seriously affected performance, every bat would be drilled out.

[Neon Cricket]

Didn't Hunts put a hole down the middle of one of their bats, and a honeycombed back to another?

Yeah Hunts used to drill a hole through the bottom of the splice V cut down about 3/4 inches into the cleft (Turbo range), it used to take around an oz of weight out from memory. I had quite a few of them back in the day (must've been ~2014/15) and never saw it have any negative impact on performance or longevity, I know of a few still being used that came in for refurb over winter.

[KettonJake]

They have also corked them in the past I believe

[Bats_Entertainment]

Didn't Hunts put a hole down the middle of one of their bats, and a honeycombed back to another?

The honeycombed back might have been Slazenger.

[Kulli]

The honeycomb was Hints.

[Bats_Entertainment]

The honeycomb was Hints.

What did it look like? (Don't say honeycomb!)

[Kulli]

The Modulus IIRC, seem to remember it was a warranty disaster.

[mr_reagan]

If it doenst improve performance whats the point. Its just adding a layer of complexity for no reason. There are much easier ways to get a bat down to a playable weight 

[InternalTraining]

Isn't this a corked bat?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9UOtQkSPRY

Gray-Nicolls is making corked bats.

[skip1973]

No, there is no cork in it!

[InternalTraining]

No, there is no cork in it!

Very observant of you. There is an entire cane handle in there.