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Warne in making 
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 Topic: Heavy or light bats - the pro’s?Posted: 12 April 2006 at 8:57pm |
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Cheers Mark
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marky
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Posted: 12 April 2006 at 7:53pm |
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Warne In Making, most pros have an idea of the weight they prefer to use.I've played with enough of them to know !It goes without saying pickup is important.Most of the bat suppliers will know what type,profile,weight,pickup their endorsees like to use.I know some have slow wicket bats and quick wicket bats as well.For instance Ian Austin ex England and Lancs used a 2/8 Slaz for county and International cricket and a 3 pound BDM inclub cricket when he was playing as a sub pro which a lot of the County lads do week in week out. Mark. |
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crick
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Posted: 12 April 2006 at 7:38pm |
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ive seen greame smiths bat, which is very heavy, don't exactly, but more than 2-10, and gibbs bat is very light, about 2-6
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Warne in making
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Posted: 12 April 2006 at 7:17pm |
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Most pros don't do there bat by weight, they do it by pick up
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marky
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 8:34am |
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I agree with most of your comments.Andrew Flintoff's bats have been as light a 2/6 although 2/8 is more normal.Having talked to a few county lads 2/8,2/9 seems an optimum weight for quicker pitches.I have played lots of times at places like Old Trafford(10 times).Liverpool,which is a satellite county ground for Lancs and Southport which is the same setup as Liverpool and they tend to be much harder quicker tracks than you get at your local club.At OT in particular it would be easy for a medium pace bowler to " go through" you early in your innings .Even a slow track there is much quicker than a normal club wicket,unless you're lucky enough to play at somewhere like Kidderminster which is awesome ( maybe better than New Road!!)Hence the requirement for a meaty bat with a light pickup.There are always exceptions to this,Adam Hollioake used a nearly 3lb blade and was comfortable front and back foot.I suppose it depends on your eye and how quickly you pick up length.Be aware also that county guys, in club cricket very often use heavier bats,to counteract slower pitches.The England guys in India had their bats made with lower middles for the typical slowish sub continental ,non bouncing tracks! Cheers guys, Mark.
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MrLee
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 6:35am |
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Actually, most international players use 2'9. Hayden uses a 2'9. Clarke uses a 2'9. So does Ponting. Langer uses 2'8.5. Langer actually used to use a 2'6 bat!! But it grew in weight over the years
 . Not many players use a bat over 2'10 nowdays. I think this could be of the bat speed etc.
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chris E
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 10:12pm |
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The Flintoff and Pieterson weights suprise me somwhat. As for your mention of Hayden and the railway sleeper...I'm still chuckling away of the thought of it! The reason why I posted this topic was basically out of curiousity as being quite a big guy (6ft 2) I have never got on with the heavier bats, even though some people seem amazed that I prefer the lighter bats (just because of my size and strength). My last bat was 2lb 13 (i chose it to experiment a bit with a heavier bat) but after a few months i had 3oz taken off as the weight impeded my shot selection (even though we are only talking about 3oz it made such a difference). |
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Clobber
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 8:11pm |
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One's I've read or seen;
Flintoff 2'8 Pietersen 2'9 Ponting 2'9/2'10 (will use 2'11 in one dayers though) Hayden 2'10 In fact most of the guys I've seen talking about their bats are in that range. I must admit I was astonished about Hayden as I just always assumed he would use something the size of a railway sleeper. |
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chris E
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Posted: 10 April 2006 at 8:02pm |
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I know there are quite a few people in the know on this board and I was wondering if any of these people know of any pro's who use either a really heavy or a really light bat? Weights and name would be interesting to know as I wonder whether a batman's size and strength particulary corolates to the weight of the bat he chooses (I know it doesn't in Tendulker's case!) As for myself I prefer 2.9 to 2.10. |
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