Topic: Millichamp S6 (Read 10229 times)

uknsaunders · « **Reply #30 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:39:33 PM »

I thought all cricket bats had to be made of 1 piece of willow, so adding another piece wood in any form isn't legal?

jamesisapayne · « **Reply #31 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:44:29 PM »

Quote from: jonpinson on October 21, 2011, 03:35:05 PM

Price doesn't alter the pickup of a bat. A bat with a low middle will have a heavier pickup. Basic physics. Price does not matter. The solution has a lot of wood very low down, thus is generally accepted to have a heavier pickup.

I think it can Jon as I was thinking more along the lines of the bat being made from a lighter grade of wood for the size a la amplus or distinction - these bats are made from oversized clefts but still pickup/weigh like a normal bat, even the older style distinction which was like a solution on steroids.

tim2000s · « **Reply #32 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:45:10 PM »

Quote from: uknsaunders on October 21, 2011, 03:39:33 PM

I thought all cricket bats had to be made of 1 piece of willow, so adding another piece wood in any form isn't legal?

Sorry, yes you are correct:

The blade shall consist solely of wood.
(c) No material may be placed on or inserted into either the blade or the lower portion of the handle other than as permitted in 3(d) above and 5 and 6 below, together with the minimal adhesives or adhesive tape used solely for fixing these items, or for fixing the handle to the blade.

Where 5 and 6 say that the material can only be for protection or repair, which patently it is for neither in the S6.... I have misrepresented the laws. I shall go and beat myself with an Ash stick...

tim2000s · « **Reply #33 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:46:11 PM »

Quote from: jamesisapayne on October 21, 2011, 03:31:53 PM

Probably but the solutions pretty light anyway Tim - it should be for near on �300!

I haven't found one that picked up light yet!

jamesisapayne · « **Reply #34 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:47:06 PM »

Quote from: tim2000s on October 21, 2011, 03:46:11 PM

I haven't found one that picked up light yet!

Perhaps I should have said light for the design!

Nickauger · « **Reply #35 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:49:24 PM »

Without sounding nasty, perhaps you shouldn't have bothered, without making it clear your point from the beginning.

jonpinson · « **Reply #36 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:53:13 PM »

Quote from: jamesisapayne on October 21, 2011, 03:44:29 PM

I think it can Jon as I was thinking more along the lines of the bat being made from a lighter grade of wood for the size a la amplus or distinction - these bats are made from oversized clefts but still pickup/weigh like a normal bat, even the older style distinction which was like a solution on steroids.

Density of willow does account for size of bat for weight, but I don't think of two bats of the same shape and weight, the one with lighter willow (thus bigger) will necessarily pick up any better. Indeed there is a theory developing that massive, concaved low density bats do not tend to pick up as well as their more traditional counterparts.

I guess we will agree to disagree.

jamesisapayne · « **Reply #37 on:** October 21, 2011, 03:55:12 PM »

Quote from: Nickauger on October 21, 2011, 03:49:24 PM

Without sounding nasty, perhaps you shouldn't have bothered, without making it clear your point from the beginning.

Thanks for the advice Nick.

In fact I think I'll stop bothering with the forum full stop.

Cheers.

Nickauger · « **Reply #38 on:** October 21, 2011, 04:00:13 PM »

I know what its like mate. There's always people that know more about things than you. Especially those things that you think you're an expert on lol. Don't spit your dummy

jonpinson · « **Reply #39 on:** October 21, 2011, 04:00:58 PM »

Quote from: jamesisapayne on October 21, 2011, 03:55:12 PM

Thanks for the advice Nick.

In fact I think I'll stop bothering with the forum full stop.

Cheers.

Dear me, another one who spits the dummy when he reads something he doesn't like.

Grow up for god's sake.

jamesisapayne · « **Reply #40 on:** October 21, 2011, 04:07:55 PM »

Quote from: Nickauger on October 21, 2011, 04:00:13 PM

I know what its like mate. There's always people that know more about things than you. Especially those things that you think you're an expert on lol. Don't spit your dummy

Quote from: jonpinson on October 21, 2011, 04:00:58 PM

Dear me, another one who spits the dummy when he reads something he doesn't like.

Grow up for god's sake.

Not at all. I run a very successful forum myself and know exactly what it's like so don't jump to conclusions please - it's that I've just had an epiphany moment. Rather than sitting here arguing with people who know a lot more than me about bats (of which I have absolutely no problem with whatsoever), I'll be better off spending time practicing with mine and becoming a better player for next season.

jonpinson · « **Reply #41 on:** October 21, 2011, 04:13:38 PM »

Quote from: jamesisapayne on October 21, 2011, 04:07:55 PM

Not at all. I run a very successful forum myself and know exactly what it's like so don't jump to conclusions please - it's that I've just had an epiphany moment. Rather than sitting here arguing with people who know a lot more than me about bats (of which I have absolutely no problem with whatsoever), I'll be better off spending time practicing with mine and becoming a better player for next season.

Surely there is nothing wrong with discussion, if it leads to misinformation being eliminated and people being educated?

Oh well, don't let the door hit your (No Swearing Please) on the way out

Visigoth · « **Reply #42 on:** October 21, 2011, 04:30:29 PM »

Informative on the minutiae of bat legality, thanks. I'm surprised that they can sell a bat that is non-conforming and not tell the consumer. Taylor Made came out with a non-conforming driver and had to tell their customers. This is not a preamble to a "I want to speak to the manager and get my money back" tirade directed at M & H. I'm a big caveat emptor man, and it is irrelevant to my cricket, but I am surprised that they would not have trouble with other, less gracious and more serious, clients.

I should add that it is nice to see someone else getting into a tiff. On US fora that person is usually me, as a left leaning, peace loving, internationalist there always seems to be some poster from Texas who can turn a seemingly benign topic into a soap box for hatred, war, guns, jesus, and the divine infallibility of the USA---then I get going and we have a problem.

Cricket bats should be safe! I know that I have a lot to learn so, when corrected, I hope I won't kick over the game board and take my toys home.

Visigoth · « **Reply #43 on:** October 21, 2011, 06:25:32 PM »

My one real S-6 experience. Of course, fooling around and practicing with the bat--- it launches line drive 4's and towering 6's. So, the bat isn't the problem in the following tale of woe, I am.

When I came on to bat, the bowler, a young West Indian 15 years my junior, was on his last delivery. I had observed that he was bowling relatively fast and so my strategy was to simply defend my wicket with a defensive stroke and set about the task of "batting my eye in." A low, hard ball came straight at the wicket and I got a bat on it, edging an ugly dribble into the slips. Okay, still here. The next bowler, another Guyanese, sauntered onto the pitch, graying at the temples and at least 15 years older than me. I thought to myself: "I'm going to have to show poor old Ben the meaning of 'boundaries'; I hope the scorer pays attention to which are 6's and which 4's." Then came the delivery, a floating affair, just above eye level, that was drifting towards leg stump and looked as if it would land at or just short of a 'good length'. I took two small, quick strides up the pitch and had a mighty cut at the ball, aiming to lift it into the admiring wives at long on, and hoping that no one would be too badly hurt. Would a crotch grab or moonwalk be unsporting?? Unfortunately, the ball had a great deal of legspin on it, and my bat found only air as the ball spun hard into the mid and off stumps. Sh-t.

Johnny · « **Reply #44 on:** October 21, 2011, 09:56:42 PM »

"line drive" - sweet, looking forward to more baseball comparisons!

I'm sure every forum ever will have controversial characters who enjoy a kick off, and yes, even cricket bats can incite forum rages!

Incidentally, has anyone else ever accidentally visited our sister site, custombats.com?

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