Laver & Wood Prv Bin or Bradbury Sterling

It's a really tough decision. I guess ultimately, I have gone off Laver and Wood for now. The costs are sky high. I don't have that kind of cash right now. I will look to get one of them sometime in the future though. I will probably get either a Bradbury, Fusion or Impala bat, depending on the feel and possibly the ping. They are all good bats, but it depends which one feels nice.

Had one last season.Heritage model, 10 grains,large bat about 2/10 ,ok pickup.Nice middle but not right for me.Not as good as the M+H bats James made for me in the mid 90's imho and no where near as good a bat as a grade 2 BDM Master Blaster,which cost half as much,if you judge  bats purely on their power and balance that is.

Mark.

 

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but does the photos of the bats that have just been posted remind you of anything ?we were doing our shape over 2 years ago, they look very familiar to me ![QUOTE=batman100]

bradbury have done that shape for like 5 years and that was impalas original shape and still is going today.

 

 

 

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[QUOTE=henjam just about a point you made-a bigger bat will not necesarily ping better than a smaller bat, how it has been pressed and the quality of willow has a big part in that i think?

Both companies use similar wood and press it the same so therefore the bat with more wood will be better as theres more behind the ball.

plus good english willow is light so if theres a really thick bat that weighs 2.7 that will be a good bat, thats why i said get the bat with the most wood but still in your weight!!!

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Hi,to answer your question, can we make other shapes,yes ,but does the photos of the bats that have just been posted remind you of anything ?we were doing our shape over 2 years ago, they look very familiar to me !

 

 Bill

 

As far as i know, yes, he said i could have whatever i wanted

Im sticking with fusion - thankyou very much! Bill said he could do any shape i want, for the same rate, not just the standard one (which is awesome anyway) AND ontop of this there excellently made and are alot cheaper!

To me, its case closed

Yer youll get a good bat with either of them

Ponting uses impala as i know a bloke that coached him very early in his career before he went to the academy and they still keep in touch, his name is tim zoehrer (screaming cat's agent) and he told me so. As i said the bat with the most wood will have the best ping as theres more wood behind the bat and impala and bradbury use similiar wood

yer the screaming catbats sound really nice,but i couldnot find any way of finding out where to buy one, are impalas quite cheap compared to most bats?

To mr lee, regarding grains, this is atually whta they said to me did laver, althoufh i ended up getting 12, what ever no. you get the willow will be top performance wise, i don't know to much about impala bats, but i will admit they look nice.

Buy the Bradbury... hehehe

Impala bats do feel nice there was a story run on them duringn the cricket show.

You may be able to visit their headquarters at wetherill park in sydney and they can perhaps do a tour.... you will have to call them first I guess.

Ok Guys, Going on your opinions and what I have seen from Laver and Wood.

I emailed L&W about their free "knocking in" and draw entry. They said it ony applied to limited/selected cutomers and regarding grains, they said I don't really have the option to choose! I think for that price I could get a Bradbury Sterling with about 10 straight grains and only $30AUD Cheaper! I sent Laver & Wood and email to confirm this.

Now I can choose between Bradbury and Impala (possibly Fusion, but not too sure). Does anyone else have an Impala, how is the feel etc? I heard Ponting and Clarke now use them, but I'm not sure about Ponting, he still might be using a bradbury. I put up a bat comparison, tell me what you think, it doesn't do justice to my real skills using photoshop, but it was a quick job





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cheers hugo, nice to know someone understands, and crick we were trying to gee back on with this topic and put this talk 'to bed', i would of thought you would of been mature enough to no post any comments on the matter, to be honest i don't care whta you would of done so a preety needless post, cmon back to the topic on brad and laver.

Originally posted by henjam And im sure you remember bill i emailed you if you would consider making me another one straight after the other one went back, but you failed to give me a proper reply to the matter, which if im honest upset and angered me slightly

I certainly wouldn't have made you another bat. Can't see why it made you'upset and angered' either.