Jun 19, 2012

I thought I would write a little post to show you what a bat manufacturer/ maker can do to reduce the weight of a bat whilst apparently increasing the profile. I say increase profiles (tongue in cheek), but what I really mean is increase the edge.   All the profiles below have approximately the same volume; [...]

May 02, 2012

First of all sorry for not posting in a while, I have been a bit busy with GM 2013, which got me thinking about how you the cricketer select a bat? When designing a new bat its important to think who (what type of player will this bat suit) and what does that player want, [...]

May 02, 2012

After a few days of pondering on the trouble I’d had with the finishing of the last bat, I realised that the difficulty I’d experienced was the exception and not the norm. However there’s always room for improvement, but more on that another time.   I wasn’t sure what to say about this bat, it [...]

Judging a bat by its….. edge. Big edges, everybody’s talking about them, on the forum, in the shops, in the dressing room. I like to go undercover into cricket shops and listen to people when they are choosing a bat, I often hear ”look at the size of this edge, its bigger than that one“ and on [...]