Cricket Bat

[Fitzy]

I have put a cricket bat on hold at the local sports shop, it is a Slazenger V8 Select for $315. Does anyone here have one? Is it worth the money?
I have found Slazengers great bats, i have been using a mates V900 in the last three under 16's games and have made the 20's in every one.

[cklitsie]

There are only a couple of countries where people actually play cricket and this is a basketball forum too, so you might just want to look for a cricket forum to ask this very question.

[Stevesanity]

$315 for a piece of wood, hell no.

[Fitzy]

Not just any piece of wood

[Jing]

hell no.. spend it on basketball gear
cricket players go into depression in their later years and they all commit suicide.

[Cloudy]

I find cricket pretty gay...
The way they throw the ball, and the way you hit it...
It's freakin' weird... And yeah, 300 dollars on a 5 kg+ of wood?
No... go get a basketball jersey, a ticket to a basketball game...
And let the star sign your jersey. Good deal

[Its_asdf]

I have put a cricket bat on hold at the local sports shop, it is a Slazenger V8 Select for $315. Does anyone here have one? Is it worth the money?
I have found Slazengers great bats, i have been using a mates V900 in the last three under 16's games and have made the 20's in every one.

I'd rather use a plank of wood with 9 inch nails and barbed wire sticking out of it. That way, I can't lose to anyone.

[Fitzy]

Can someone that actually plays cricket give me an opinion

[hipn]

I play cricket (do you really think someone from Toronto plays cricket? No. So I don't actually play, make your own.

[Laxation]

slazenger makes good bats, and if you payed $315 for it then of course its going to be fucking good.

once you start paying high prices for bats, they're all similar (in that they all hit the ball very very well) and its more the comfort (weight, middle, edges etc.) that matters.

i have a GN Predator 750, its fucking mad, so get one of them

and all you dickheads whinging about how its so expensive...
how bout the prices of a set of golfclubs, a baseball bat, a fucking NBA basketball ffs!!!

[J@3]

I know a guy who has a $650 bat, I can't really tell the difference between it and a $150-$200 one.

[Laxation]

I know a guy who has a $650 bat, I can't really tell the difference between it and a $150-$200 one.

have you used it?

[Dean]

Im thinking he has..

[J@3]

Yeah, that's why I couldn't tell the difference.

[Fitzy]

Yeh that bat is probably Matty Haydens Grey-Nicholls Phoenix (i think) it has a metal handle

[Stevesanity]

I find cricket pretty gay...
The way they throw the ball, and the way you hit it...
It's freakin' weird... And yeah, 300 dollars on a 5 kg+ of wood?
No... go get a basketball jersey, a ticket to a basketball game...
And let the star sign your jersey. Good deal

I find your posting style gay.
The way you type, and the things you say...
And let God give you a brain. Good deal

I dont think you should spend 300 odd bucks on any equipment unless your playing at college/pro level. If you are then go for the best if you feel it'll help you and if your parents/you can afford it...although I wouldnt want to ask my parents to give me 300+ dollars to spend on sports equipment.

and all you dickheads whinging about how its so expensive...
how bout the prices of a set of golfclubs, a baseball bat, a fucking NBA basketball ffs!!!

Only a pro would buy a baseball bat at 300+ dollars, golf clubs well err people who buy them usually earn alot of $$$'s and fucking NBA basketball ffs, well I have no idea what that is.

[J@3]

Cricket bats cost a shit load more than baseball bats. Even the cheaper ones arean't cheap. Actually cricket equiptment in general is really expensive.

[Fitzy]

It cricket gear very expensive,
I bought the bat this afternoon now i have to knock it in!
Is it best to apply one coat of bat oil or 2 (3,4) before knocking it in?

[Laxation]

Only a pro would buy a baseball bat at 300+ dollars, golf clubs well err people who buy them usually earn alot of $$$'s and fucking NBA basketball ffs, well I have no idea what that is.

not everyone pays 300+ for a cricket bat either...
and the nba basketballs are $100+, just for a ball (how can you now know what it is...)

Cricket bats cost a shit load more than baseball bats

i was at maddocks (sells baseball/cricket stuff) and they were selling a $550 baseball bat

I bought the bat this afternoon now i have to knock it in!
Is it best to apply one coat of bat oil or 2 (3,4) before knocking it in?

get it pressed by a machine, knock it in for as long as you can handle (4-6hours) then give it a 3 coats of linseed oil (wait for each one to dry)
finally, put extrateck over the blade

[Fitzy]

I probably wont get it pressed since theres not really anywhere i can go. But i will knock it in for way longer then 4-6 hours

[Dynamite]

I still have my old Kookaburra Ridgeback. Probably about 8 years old but serves me well down the nets and in backyard cricket

[cyanide]

This might be the stupidest thing I've ever said, but did anybody notice that an insect and an animal was used as the topic?

[Jing]

hm.. .rotfl.
very good point cyanide

[Drex]

This might be the stupidest thing I've ever said, but did anybody notice that an insect and an animal was used as the topic?

Yeah! It is the most stupidest thing you've ever said!