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[ProCricketer1982]

Freddie's made in India??? When was this? Pretty sure Rob Pack made his bats (when he was stickered up with woodworm and puma anyway). (so at least 2005 to 2009 I believe - don't quote me on the dates but pretty sure they were the years he had woodworm and puma)

I'm with whoever said 'pick the one that weighs and feels the best with whatever grain you like. As long as the performance is there who cares! I've only owned 3 'match' bats so far and the best one is Rob Packs BlueRoom (other two were Kookaburra Kahuna 1000 and Grey Nicolls Ignite Pro Performance). It feels better, pings even more AND costs half the price! (and looks the dogs too)

[Manormanic]

I'd like to think the bats we stock from the bat maker are good enough to hold their own on the pro circuit without being cherry picked from a mass number. The current two Yorkshire lads really like the ones they have now and haven't heard any negative feedback from them as yet

to be fair, they're two pretty awful batsmen though...

[thecord]

to be fair, they're two pretty awful batsmen though...

How does that affect their ability to know if a bat is decent or not??

[Manormanic]

How does that affect their ability to know if a bat is decent or not??

it affects the extent to which they'd care!  Not having a dig at the quality, just thought it worth pointing out that we're not talking about test batsmen here!

[thecord]

it affects the extent to which they'd care!  Not having a dig at the quality, just thought it worth pointing out that we're not talking about test batsmen here!

Generalisation?

[ajm90]

some county tail enders are pretty good batsman when they come down to club level

[Ayrtek Cricket]

I wouldn't say james Taylor is an awful batsmen and having played with Brooksy at wormsley with a number of the forum sponsors I'd say he can bat a bit too.

Fact is if a pro is worth his salt he can bat with anything half decent, the rest is down to personal preference and how fussy they are. I'm sure that the majority of county pros get set their kit rather than going to cheery pick it themselves unless you are a player that the sponsor wants to look after and keep on side and put a bit of a PR spin behind

[procricket]

opinions are like bum holes we all have them

i get what he his trying to say but there always a opinion.

some are happy just to receive free kit whilst others scrutinise kit.

Bit like this forum

Tom nail on the head mate it us mugs who need bigger middles because we cant find them on most bats hence we play league cricket.

Better players need smaller middles because they find it more than us biffers

[smokem]

Posted by Harry (owner of Kingsgrove Sports) on Facebook today: "...Believe it or not, I have seen Michael's Spartans and Sangakarra's SS and they both wanted their bats lightened further to 2 lb 7.5 oz. Miraculously, our Bat repairer Simon managed the job well..."

[Tumo]

Freddie's made in India??? When was this? Pretty sure Rob Pack made his bats (when he was stickered up with woodworm and puma anyway). (so at least 2005 to 2009 I believe - don't quote me on the dates but pretty sure they were the years he had woodworm and puma)

I've been down to Hunts County and they've had a load of Freddies old bats lying around, some of which they've made as well (their words, not mine).