Just trying to give my honest opinion. Maybe what I should be saying is yes, get a lighter bat and all your troubles will be over! I just don't think that's the case tho.
I don't mind making lighter bats, I've made adult bats at 2lb 6oz the issue is that most people still expect maxing the gauge at 2lbs 7oz, which just isn't really possible and so you're constantly trying to manage expectations. That and the fact that I honestly feel it's too light and if well balanced, a 2lb 9oz is easily manageable.Unless there are specific issues requiring a much lighter bat. So you generally end up making them lighter and smaller, which nobody cares to see on here or on socials. Or u make them bigger and the customer accepts a few ounces heavier, or they buy a drier, thinner etc bat elsewhere. Generally though, people going lighter is mostly due to people believing it's the key to ending their woes, but still expecting 40mm edges.
In terms of that, you'll probably know how much I hate talking specs. In my opinion scoring runs and hitting big consistently comes down to strength/power, technique/skill, conditions and a good bat (that doesn't mean a big one). If you can't hit big with a 2lb 10oz bat with 20mm edges, I'd bet you cant hit big with a 2lbs 10oz bat with 40mm edges IMO. Biggest six I saw last year was with an I'll hunts bat with tiny edges. If you gave me any bat in the world I couldn't hit the same shot, as I'm just not that type of player and don't have that ability/power now. I've been playing cricket for over 30 years and can assure you that growing up playing a decent standard in the Central Yorkshire Ieauge, people hit massive sixes and scored runs consistently with small edge bats back in the days, way before the gauge was ever considered. So how was that possible if it's big bats which equal performance?! Doesn't stack up to me.
If made well, they'd still last.
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