Cover Drive
Senior ODI Player
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2009
- Runs
- 23,230
I got the first BlackCat Shadow from a guy in UK and that one is with last years stickers.
I got a good deal on it and it was quite new when I bought it and it was fully knocked. After my first net with that Shadow I was impressed by the ping and was middling everything so then I used it in my upcoming games and the bat continued to surprise me more and more. After playing with it for a while I was noticing that I am middling quite easily with this Shadow. After my past experience with Gray Nicolls Powerbow 2009 shape I did not want to take a risk so I thought I would order another Shadow and again I ordered it through that same guy who I bought first bat from and he did all of the work and hassle for me [thanks to him for doing that]. I gave same specs to the 'middle guy' and I am sure he gave same specs to Charlie.
So I got the new Shadow and it does not feel exactly like the first one as the newer one is tad heavier in terms of pickup compared to the first one I got. But it is not that heavy which means I won't use it, I am still able to use it. I haven't properly used the new one really but had few throwdowns and it was pinging quite nicely but not as nice as the first one which I believe is because the new one is not fully knocked.
I don't have a mallet nor I really like knocking as it takes so much time so I will see how I can knock it otherwise will just use it in indoor nets against old ball and knock it that way.
In terms of weight old one feels like 2.7/8ish whereas new one feels a bit heavier like 2.10ish
However, the finishing on new one was quite better that the old one and the newer stickers look quite nice. I don't like the URL on the back as I prefer like old one [no-URL].
Please let me know if anyone has any questions
Enjoy the pictures!
I got a good deal on it and it was quite new when I bought it and it was fully knocked. After my first net with that Shadow I was impressed by the ping and was middling everything so then I used it in my upcoming games and the bat continued to surprise me more and more. After playing with it for a while I was noticing that I am middling quite easily with this Shadow. After my past experience with Gray Nicolls Powerbow 2009 shape I did not want to take a risk so I thought I would order another Shadow and again I ordered it through that same guy who I bought first bat from and he did all of the work and hassle for me [thanks to him for doing that]. I gave same specs to the 'middle guy' and I am sure he gave same specs to Charlie.
So I got the new Shadow and it does not feel exactly like the first one as the newer one is tad heavier in terms of pickup compared to the first one I got. But it is not that heavy which means I won't use it, I am still able to use it. I haven't properly used the new one really but had few throwdowns and it was pinging quite nicely but not as nice as the first one which I believe is because the new one is not fully knocked.
I don't have a mallet nor I really like knocking as it takes so much time so I will see how I can knock it otherwise will just use it in indoor nets against old ball and knock it that way.
In terms of weight old one feels like 2.7/8ish whereas new one feels a bit heavier like 2.10ish
However, the finishing on new one was quite better that the old one and the newer stickers look quite nice. I don't like the URL on the back as I prefer like old one [no-URL].
Please let me know if anyone has any questions
Enjoy the pictures!
