Adi's Club Cricket Blog

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yh the balance is good mate, and to be honest off the top of my head, i couldnt tell you how many grain lines there are lol.

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Okay, thanks.

[Alviro Patterson]

I've got a Slazenger V500 (what Matt Prior used to have) Got in the christmas sales for £20 from Sports Direct, English Willow Grade 1 too.

Quite a light bat but good pick up for off-side cuts and cover drives, the middle packs a punch when timing the ball well.

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I've got a Slazenger V500 (what Matt Prior used to have) Got in the christmas sales for £20 from Sports Direct, English Willow Grade 1 too.

Quite a light bat but good pick up for off-side cuts and cover drives, the middle packs a punch when timing the ball well.

Many models of V500. Is it listed here?

http://store.slazenger.com/sports/crick ... icket-bats

[Alviro Patterson]

It's this one

http://store.slazenger.com/slazenger-v5 ... e=85116790

This model, looks like Mike Ashley changed wood or fed me lies.

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Thanks,had a look at it. Seems like 10 grains in the pic. Will figure out whether it has upper middle or lower middle with better images elsewhere. I would prefer one with lower middle. It's good they have mentioned the dimensions of the bat as well.

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I am feeling like a advertising hoarding at the moment, just like international cricketers are. I am supposed to wear the sponsors clothes with their logos on our whites as well as nets clothes. Also, we have to carry our sponsors kit bag to the nets. The more professional you get in cricket, the more one has to abide to the sponsors conditions.

[Alviro Patterson]

Any pictures of these sponsored attire by per chance

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The whites pic is already put up few weeks back on this thread, the sponsors logo is on the back side. The front side logo on white is that of the club. Will try to click the pics of the colored clothes to be used for nets practice as well as traveling.

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Another good nets yesterday. Warmups followed the net session. Had a complete fielding session with another clubmate.

We started by using the Catchet. Nice slip fielding practice that with the hard ball. After the slip catching drill, we placed two cones on the ground and attempted to hit the cones in others zones. No return trainer today though. Helps for the direct run out or better throw to the keeper as well as ground fielding when gathering the ball thrown from the opposite end. Later on it was ground fielding and direct catches. It was a good fielding drill today fro about 45 minutes. We tried it with the red ball as well as the white ball. The seam on the white ball which we used was very pronounced and it did hurt the palms harder than the red ball.

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Spelled as Katchet

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Tomorrow being a holiday, i might have time to go and buy the bat.

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I have purchased the BDM Ambassador English Willow bat. First i went to a shop co owned by Ranji cricketer Naresh Churi. Checked few bats from different manufacturers for about half and hour at his shop. As the shopkeepers was a known contact i thought to buy atleast one thing from him rather than other shop, which was batting pads. Then i checked the batting pads shortlisted the S S lightweight batting pads. There were other pads which offered better protection s, but at club level not many bowlers bowl at the speed which international bowler do. So i opted for the S S pads as the lesser but enough protection means lighter weight. Also, the curve on the inners side of the S S pads was much better than other brand i saw. so it helps. The batting pads costed me rupees 1100.



Then i decided to go to another shop and have a look at more options for the cricket bat. At other shop i shortlisted the Adidas Sachin series, SS Sehwag series and extreme series as well as two series from B D M. Considered the balance of the bat, the grains on the surface of the bat, the sweet spot, the ball that we use at club nets and club matches. The Adidas bat had an english tape coating on some part on face of the bat. The glue would spoil the surface once the coating goes. Also, the coating makes the sound as if the shot played is bad. The B D M and S S series have provided the tapes for the edges as well. The B D M went a step ahead and they have factory fixed a toe protecter on the toe end of the abt to prevent wear and tear due to sliding. It has a lower middle which will suit Mumbai or wickets outside Mumbai whenever we tour. The balance is terrific. It weighs 1170 grams which is very much lighter than my previous BAS Vampire. The Original cost on the bat was 5760 rupees. As i dive often and noticed that the bruised elbow is keeping me away from upper body workouts for a week or more, i bought elbow protector. The total cost of bat and elbow protector was 5900 rupees. I asked the shop owner for discount, telling him that every sports shop gives discount to club cricketers at least. He asked me which club i play for. On telling him our clubs name, he replied " Is __ your coach. I said yes. Our coach being very prominent in Mumbai as well as amongst international Indian cricketers, i was not surprised that the shop keeper knew who the coach of our club was. Immediately he offered us a discount of 900 rupees and i paid him 5000 rupees for the bat as well as elbow protector. It's good that he lowered the usual high profits in sports goods on reference of our club and coach.

The pics are below. I will be knocking the bat with a wooden block although the bat is compressed in factory and air is removed. The mallet takes about many weeks as the surface area is small. Instead i will use friends wooden block which is being used for knocking new bats of our club/club mates.Currently there is a single handle grip. I might think of going for one more only if the shock is not being absorbed well.

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The white thing on the handle is the English tape which the bat manufacturers provide with the bat. I have removed that and need to fix it on the edges later.

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My batting pads.

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We have started Facebook page for our club and 200+ clubmates have already joined. Discussing our club matches online etc as well and poking fun at each other.