Cricket bat pr0n

[PhatBoy]

Ok stupid pointless subject.

But is it just me or are the current generation of bat makers churning out shlt stickers?
The new balance and spartan bats look garbage, so do the Sunridges ones that ever second batsman seems to use these days. Bring back a bit of style a la the classic Gray Nicholls design or the slazenger kookaburra designs. Even the classic subcontinental brands like CA or Ihsan are miles better than the bland genericism of the current bat makers

Obscure rant over

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Wouldn’t know. Use my cousins old mid 90s Kookaburra Bubble and dad’s old Gray Nich thunderblade.

clearly not their target audience

 

[PhatBoy]

Wouldn’t know. Use my cousins old mid 90s Kookaburra Bubble and dad’s old Gray Nich thunderblade.

clearly not their target audience

I found my Sabre in the shed the other day - the short lived nephew of the GN Dynadrive (twin scoop)

I’m still using a V1200 from about 2000

 

[Johnny_Dogg4]

Ok stupid pointless subject.

But is it just me or are the current generation of bat makers churning out shlt stickers?
The new balance and spartan bats look garbage, so do the Sunridges ones that ever second batsman seems to use these days. Bring back a bit of style a la the classic Gray Nicholls design or the slazenger kookaburra designs. Even the classic subcontinental brands like CA or Ihsan are miles better than the bland genericism of the current bat makers

Obscure rant over

agree, i just dont think the current stickers look that good compared to the early/late 2000s
but its not just stickers, its also team kits

 

[Ishikawa]

GM still has the classic look - I absolutely love the blue of the version de Kock and Head have been using. But yeah other than that not much stands out at all. Bring back the Woodworms!

 

[peternorth]

I always associated grey nichs with the dour opening batsman types. Kookas belong to the stroke makers, Borders AB was for grit and grind, then the slazengers came along - graceful mark waugh esque.

 

[Richard Pryor]

On this note that weird bat wrap thing the BBL was trying to push where you make your bat blue seems to have already come and gone.

 

[peternorth]

On this note that weird bat wrap thing the BBL was trying to push where you make your bat blue seems to have already come and gone.

Rashid is wrapped in this bat

A South Australian invention that is revolutionising cricket is now all the rage around the world — and you can buy one with Saturday’s The Advertiser and Sunday Mail.

www.perthnow.com.au

A South Australian invention that is revolutionising cricket is now all the rage around the world.
The distinctive and colourful Batwrap used in Big Bash League games — and on offer for readers of The Advertiser and Sunday Mail — is in demand across the cricket world.

No it's not.

 

[PhatBoy]

I did like the raw simplicity of the classic County design

 

[PT Bar None]

I also liked the Stuart Surridge and Duncan Fearnley front stickers from '80s bats. Didn't like the big "Jumbo" sticker on the back of the SS though

 

[Gough]

PhatBoy this has potential for an all purpose cricket bat pr0n thread.

 

[PhatBoy]

PhatBoy this has potential for an all purpose cricket bat pr0n thread.

I’m in heaven

 

[PhatBoy]

 

[PT Bar None]

PhatBoy this has potential for an all purpose cricket bat pr0n thread.

The "Super Tusker". Brilliant!

 

[Gough]

 

[Gough]

The "Super Tusker". Brilliant!

What's better than a Super Tusker? Larry Gomes and Gordon Greenidge with Super Tuskers.

 

[Hamingja]

I always associated grey nichs with the dour opening batsman types.

Dour opening types like Michael Slater and Matthew Hayden. I guess it depends how old you are.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

PhatBoy this has potential for an all purpose cricket bat pr0n thread.

Hmmm the grain on that Duncan Fearnley looks mint!

 

[PhatBoy]

Dour opening types like Michael Slater and Matthew Hayden. I guess it depends how old you are.

Prior to them it was Boon, Marsh, Atherton, Jimmy Adams (not an opener obviously), Mark Greatbatch

 

[Johnny_Dogg4]

 

[Gough]

PhatBoy with your permission I'd like to change the thread title to Cricket Bat pr0n.
Note to all; do not google cricket bat pr0n on a shared computer.

 

[PhatBoy]

PhatBoy with your permission I'd like to change the thread title to Cricket Bat pr0n.
Note to all; do not google cricket bat pr0n on a shared computer.

Go for it

 

[Gough]

Two DF classics.

 

[Gough]

Dennis Keith gave the Combat aluminum bat the thumbs up, Brearley not so much.

 

[Blue Arrow]

You can't have a thread with cricket & pr0n without Shane.