Cover Drive
Senior ODI Player
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2009
- Runs
- 23,230
Newbery Tour
RRP £400
The first £400 bat we’ve seriously looked at, this new-for-2012 addition to the Newbery catalogue looks superb. Less sharply hollowed out on the rear profile (the theory being that this adds additional stability to the blade and reduces twisting when the bat makes impact with the ball), the powder blue range comes with pads at £75, gloves at £55 and matching wicketkeeping shinguards and gloves.
Chase Volante
RRP from £250
Chase has ‘gone for it’ with regards livery and styling for the new season. Usually single-colour in design, the new range boasts an almost F1-looking set-up. The Volante is one of two brand-new bats from the company – although it’s based loosely on the Beluga shape from the previous range – and the makers have high hopes for its slimline looks. The bat boasts a higher middle than the company’s low-slung best-seller, the Finback. Interesting fact: the top-of-the-range Volante (£330) boasts a four-leaf clover shoulder motif, inspired by company founder Robin ‘Judge’ Smith.
Salix Strike
RRP from £310
The blade of the all-new Salix Strike is an eighth-of-an-inch narrower than a conventional equivalent and also sports distinctive dropped shoulders. These innovations all come together to condense the bat’s profile and make it look super-compact and supremely well engineered. The bat boasts sinuous lines and the sleekest edge profile we’ve seen of late. Simply top drawer.
Mongoose Torq
RRP from £345
Because the public demanded it, this is the first full-sized bat from this innovative manufacturer. Still packing the brand’s distinctive half splice, yet to all intents and purposes this is a conventional bat, and a decidedly sharp looking one at that. Marcus Trescothick used one in 2011 – recommendations don’t come much higher than that.
Slazenger Bat Range
RRP from £150
2012 sees livery tweaks to the Slazenger range rather than any new product. Ultra-flamboyant stickers and bat rubbers are finished off with the first ever two-colour toe guards, and the range also sport new ‘octoplus’ grips that have apparently gone down very well with the brand’s Test-playing stable of cricketers.
Willostix Slugger
RRP £225
Unashamedly inspired by baseball bat design (right down to the heel at the end of the handle for extra leverage), these bad boys weigh in at somewhere between 2lbs 12ozs and 3lbs and change. Not for the timid shotmaker, these see-it-and-hit-it bats are aimed at the player that likes to swing through the line of the ball and send it straight back over the sightscreen. Fetch that!
Link: http://www.alloutcricket.com/player/gear/lords-trade-show-bat-reviews-part-one
RRP £400
The first £400 bat we’ve seriously looked at, this new-for-2012 addition to the Newbery catalogue looks superb. Less sharply hollowed out on the rear profile (the theory being that this adds additional stability to the blade and reduces twisting when the bat makes impact with the ball), the powder blue range comes with pads at £75, gloves at £55 and matching wicketkeeping shinguards and gloves.
Chase Volante
RRP from £250
Chase has ‘gone for it’ with regards livery and styling for the new season. Usually single-colour in design, the new range boasts an almost F1-looking set-up. The Volante is one of two brand-new bats from the company – although it’s based loosely on the Beluga shape from the previous range – and the makers have high hopes for its slimline looks. The bat boasts a higher middle than the company’s low-slung best-seller, the Finback. Interesting fact: the top-of-the-range Volante (£330) boasts a four-leaf clover shoulder motif, inspired by company founder Robin ‘Judge’ Smith.
Salix Strike
RRP from £310
The blade of the all-new Salix Strike is an eighth-of-an-inch narrower than a conventional equivalent and also sports distinctive dropped shoulders. These innovations all come together to condense the bat’s profile and make it look super-compact and supremely well engineered. The bat boasts sinuous lines and the sleekest edge profile we’ve seen of late. Simply top drawer.
Mongoose Torq
RRP from £345
Because the public demanded it, this is the first full-sized bat from this innovative manufacturer. Still packing the brand’s distinctive half splice, yet to all intents and purposes this is a conventional bat, and a decidedly sharp looking one at that. Marcus Trescothick used one in 2011 – recommendations don’t come much higher than that.
Slazenger Bat Range
RRP from £150
2012 sees livery tweaks to the Slazenger range rather than any new product. Ultra-flamboyant stickers and bat rubbers are finished off with the first ever two-colour toe guards, and the range also sport new ‘octoplus’ grips that have apparently gone down very well with the brand’s Test-playing stable of cricketers.
Willostix Slugger
RRP £225
Unashamedly inspired by baseball bat design (right down to the heel at the end of the handle for extra leverage), these bad boys weigh in at somewhere between 2lbs 12ozs and 3lbs and change. Not for the timid shotmaker, these see-it-and-hit-it bats are aimed at the player that likes to swing through the line of the ball and send it straight back over the sightscreen. Fetch that!
Link: http://www.alloutcricket.com/player/gear/lords-trade-show-bat-reviews-part-one
