Cover Drive
Senior ODI Player
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- Aug 12, 2009
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Which pads and gloves looked the best if you don't mind telling us?
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CD are you a top order batsmen?
CD - how many bats will you end up collecting? Personally, I find it difficult to bat with a different bat each time (I only have two). I am not sure how you plan on utilizing your collection
CD are you a top order batsmen?
are you back in T.O?
yes i am - with a new malik all set to go.
Did you get your H4L yet?
I thought you said you won't be buying any bat from Pakistan after purchasing H4L![]()
yes i am - with a new malik all set to go.
I need to look at this piece......where r u guys practicing?
Used Newbery in the nets again today - in love all over again. Switched between AS and NB and what a difference.
I used the mb Le today- really liked it. Actually going to sell my Bas now as I have to many bats.
Reach out to my cousin who got NB - he might be interested in BAS.
Rehan Bhai, what happened to your Kookaburra? Did you use that yet?
donated to team kit. its a good net bat. good middle, not amazing - but perfect to use in nets for people who dont have light bats.
i havent been in there this year. and my team has 3 GN's from there and there all good. at the end of the day, if you were to look at your powerbow now you would say it looks poor, but you say yourself that its your best performing bat - so really how they look doesnt really matter.
Waiyyakum bhai
I agree, the grains aren't that impressive, however, there were few at the back which had good grains. These are Grade 2/3 so you can expect ruler straight or knot/blemish free face. Although they are not great bat from there appearence these bats play very well I must say.
I've had 5 SS Ton bats and they all had slight knob at the top of the handle but its never as pronounced as the pictures show. I forgot to check if the handles were multi piece or not. The best thing about SS bats and they have world class pressing and their bats do perform very well.That's nice stuff Majid,
Do all the new SS bats come with the knob top on the handle? The ones I have seen didn't have such a pronounced knob. Does that mean they are better handle's than before? 12 piece maybe?
Do you know if these leg pads all have cane inserts in them? don't get me wrong, the cane is great for protection but I prefer the all foam pads, especially for their lightness. Do the Gladiator and Matrix pads have knee locators or do they just look like they do. (knee locators like on puma kinetic pads)
I've had 5 SS Ton bats and they all had slight knob at the top of the handle but its never as pronounced as the pictures show. I forgot to check if the handles were multi piece or not. The best thing about SS bats and they have world class pressing and their bats do perform very well.
I've also had different type of SS pads and one of the pads were called SS superlite, they were like puma kinetic/mongoose all foam protection very lightweight pads. Recently I had exactly same as above SS Gladiator they were touch heavier because they had lot of padding(test level) knee locater bit had some sort of extra hard padding stuffed inside it.
Yeah they do have proper knee locators which fit well and they actually are very good pads & have perfect snug fittings. They also look extremely good and very eyecatching.
So if a bat has 3 springs that's better than a bat with 2 springs?
Salam,
Yes, obviously a cricket bat isn't all about looks, and if they went like guns then that would throw all the appearances faults out of the window. Did you get a chance to hit any of them with a mallet?
Yeah they do have proper knee locators which fit well and they actually are very good pads & have perfect snug fittings. They also look extremely good and very eyecatching.
Excuse me Majid bhai, but what does the knob at the top of the handle do and also are the springs those lines at the very top of the handles?
Also what is the profile?
Salam,
What a batamees shopkeeper, how does he expect customers to buy his stuff if they can't try it out?
Also I just had a question, I hope you don't mind. The other day, I was on the Sialkot Shop website and they were selling bats for really cheap, also they seem to have gotten good reviews, have you ever bought from them?
JazakallahKhair.![]()
My clubmate has SS Matrix pads and he is complaining about there knee area part. Although it has knee locator they should be fitting and wrapping perfectly but unfortunately they are not and he is saying they are tad bulkier compare to his GM Orginal D30.
I concur SS! Tehniik/D30 are the coolest pads around in the market nothing beats them!
CD bhai if it's not too much would you mind posting pictures of the D30, because a guy in my cricket academy has the Original Technik's and I love them.
Also JazakallahKhair for asking Asad bhai.![]()
M&H have launched a new bat for 2011.
Looks to be a real beast.
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Looks big but one thing I don't like about M&H is that there bats don't look great. I know it is just appearence but if I pay 350 ounds I would want a perfect bat in every aspect.
What part of the appearance don't you like? Is it just the stickers?
As far as the willow goes, if you get an opportunity to go to their shop in Taunton you will see some exquisite blades.
I have seen some in serious cricket that did not look too good though so maybe buy from the factory is best.