The GN Powerbow is a top class bat, much better than the Diablo!!!!

Hope this helps buddy!

Gray-Nicolls Powerbow Pro performance

• Massive edge profile - more runs for miss hits!

• Long powerful sweet spot - for maximum performance

• Exaggerated lower blade bow - helping to keep hands in front of the ball on contact

• Light pick-up without losing the feeling of power

2lb 8oz to 3lb.

To order.

£220.00

boys trust me get bradburies,fusion or laver and wood or even an impala cricket bat unless your gonna pay top price for a kookaburra,gray nic u shouldnt worry about it because there crappy wood and they dont have there master bat makers make them i work for puma and we make some quality bats but it comes down to your perference as well

you cant get these bats over the net but screaming cats are made by julian millichamp who makes bats for australias damien martyn, adam gilchrist they are available from alot of australian stores

bradburies used by justin langer, ricky ponting, michael clarke

fusion used by alot of county players and many english players (im aussie so i cant name all of them lol)

laver and wood are used by many state and international players but they dont talk much about them and players will never admit that because of contract deals

now dont get me wrong the top expensive gray nics and kookaburras are good aswell but the aulity of the wood isnt as good as a bradbury scremaing cat laver and wood or a fusion because these bats can be made to your preferences and are well balnced with the best possible wood for a reasonable price

remeber youll be using test match quality equipment

Web page for this, i'd like to check them out?

There's a link at the start of the 'Best Cricket Bat' thread on General.

They look absolutely amazing

matt, stop typing in capitals - robdawg has been banned so he's not going to be able to answer your questions is he now?

So long as it doesn't happen all the time I can handle that.

And so long as it is censored and does not offend anybody. i guess so.

I think if some **** is written to directly offend anyone, that must be banned, depending on the severity.

Pot. Kettle. Black.

Greenhouses, stones, throwing.

Get the picture?

This is my opinion, the main 'big' companys do make good bats eg kooka, gn, gm, puma and they offer different style of bats to suit different players. However, i personally believe that if you go to Laver&wood, bradbury fusion etc you will normally get a better bat as it is suited to your game, usually the willow used will be better, and as they are hand made the balance and pick up will be a lot better, so you will get more wood in the profile from these custom made companys compared to the 'big' companys. i have had a gm, woodworm and newbery and my last bat was a laver, the difference of quality and size is big.

does anyone on this forum have a bradbury or have picked up and had a look at one, i would like to hear your thoughts as i am interested in them. Thanks

   Hi Matt,

              I have been with willow and cricket for over 40 years,and i am still learning about the bat making game,teach a wise bat maker something he will be a wiser bat maker!

Regarding your comments about putting the bow into the blade,i can put no bow or a massive with out pressing it to hard,and i have only one roller on my press.

I can remember when a old bat that had seen some hard cricket and had been wet then dry many times would have a natural bow with out being pressed to achieve this,i am not sure but you can bet that it may have got  the bow started , that is only a thought.

We press on average about 20 passes in 2 stages,we test in between finishing the bat.We have indoor nets here at the workshop, fully floodlit not only that, the customer can try the bat out before we finish it,with cricket balls.

Our pressing is done by hand by that i mean we do not have a electric motor on the press,so hand pressed,you can feel and hear the willow,ie listen to hear if the cleft is cracking,i could go on and on but,i am not giving too much away at this stage.

Bad pressing can wreak a good cleft and careful pressing can turn an ordinary cleft into a decent bat, put both of these factors together and you should produce a top bat.

With regarding small bat making companies not getting good willow or that the big companies get better willow,is in my opinion is not excactly true, if you agree that the big firms order large amounts of willow, they will have to take other grades as well,and you can only get a certain amount of top clefts out of a tree, plus small firms like ourselves can get thier willow weighed? if you are in the trade you will know what i am talking about?

There are other points i would like to air but i think i have said enough for the time being,but for one important point, the small firms can give something that the bigger ones can not and thats personal service,it is a trade off,get big and rich  and loose the personal touch, we will remain small and keep in touch with cricketers and make more good friends.

These are not necessarily the only views that are correct, and i must say if you represent the company i think you do, they do make some excellent bats.

Bill Cornford, Fusion Sports.

(plus small firms like ourselves can get thier willow weighed)

what do you mean by that?!?!

   So called pro willow is not as dense,so you can get much bigger profiles for the same weight,and if pressed correctly will be top bats.

Normally the willow supplier would not weight the clefts they would just grade them,you would only get about 10 % of this type out of a tree if you are lucky

These points are just my views .

Bill

Just thought I'd add my two cents worth here!

Salient points to this discussion (although off original topic) are:

A) Larger brands will charge a premium for their goods, relying not only on quality of goods, but also perceived quality gained through promotion and sponsorship.

B) I don't believe that all big brand bats are not as good as custom made bats - especially for the average league cricketer!

C) There is obviously a distinct advantage to having a bat custom made for yourself, but equally, I am sure if you tried out 40 or 50 (or more) bats in a store you would find one that was 99.9% custom for you in feel, weight, etc - I mean there are only so many bat weights, shapes, sizes, etc.

D) Just because a bat isn't from a currently big brand name, e.g. GN or Kookaburra doesn't mean it won't be a good bat. After not playing cricket for 10 years my first bat back was a Stuart Surridge english willow bat (low grade) that cost me £35. I scored over 500 runs in 8 innings that season, averaging over 105. The bat - with an antiscuff sheet applied - had one surface crack at the end of that, it had an amazing middle, and was well worth the £35. I now play with a top of the range Duncan Fearnley Batwing (because I used to use them at school, and I got it off eBay for £50 RRP £200) and find it to be an excellent bat too - lovely middle, beautiful grains - excellent. Both SS and DF are out of favour at the moment, just because they don't sponsor big name players, but the bats are still really good.

E) A cricket bat is only as good as the person who uses it, and unless it's a total plank, or weighs way too much or too little, etc - I think the average league player can go with a brand name bat, and still get a good bat their purposes.

All in all then - I guess what I am saying is you need to buy a bat that suits you, not only in size, weight, etc but also what you can afford!

PS Sometimes it is easy to see which pros have just stickered their bats, e.g. Jaques Kallies when he was supposedly using a V1200 and used a bat with a bow in it, or Freddie using a Flame/Torch stickered up as his Wand. But for Kookaburra bats, with these graphite matrices on the back, how easy is it for Ricky Ponting, etc to have a different makers bat with that applied to it?

I thought I made my point, you did not agree with me though. But still I am sure that Indian bats are not bowed only because the Indians do not know the art of pressing the bats straight.

The power bow, as is apparent from its name, is meant to give some additional power behind the ball while striking it. Thats all I meant. You can disagree at the point, as it is your birth right to disagree on anything and express your own point of view.