Jun 19, 2012 drawing
Posted by Dr David Bacon with 1 Comment

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; [...]

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May 02, 2012 Which bat
Posted by Dr David Bacon with 3 Comment

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, [...]

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Posted by Dr David Bacon with 3 Comment

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 [...]

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