Advantages: Excellent for young cricketers Disadvantages: Not ideal for high standard match play
...I'm basing this review of the CA Attack Cricket Balls on the junior (4.75oz) version.
CA Cricket is a Pakistan-based company, who export their product to the UK. They also manufacture a wide range of other cricketing equipment, from bats to bags, and seem to base their offerings firmly within the 'value' sector.
The CA Attack balls were my first experience of the brand, and, being a coach of Under 13 cricketers, I was looking for a number of inexpensive, hard wearing cricket balls good enough to last through 16 weeks of indoor net practise.
The price of the balls is incredibly cheap (£2.49 per ball from www.thesportshq.com, who seem to have a tie-up with CA, as they carrry the full range of their equipment) and my initial concern was in terms of what kind of quality you are getting for your cash. A typical equivalent junior ball...
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Advantages: perfect weight balance Disadvantages: must be knocked in very well.
...of the bat rather than an equal one, this would lead to alot of edges and miss timed shots. if you play enough cricket you know the importance of timing a ball correctley especially on the front foot.
i have actually had two of these CA white gold bats, the first one i learnt that because i decided to use it straight out of the box for a match its didnt do me any favours. i was under the impression that it would already be knocked in as i payed £180 for it. as i played without it being knocked in it sent many painful vibrations through my arms whether faceing spin bowling or medium pace. and in its very first game it start to crack and eventually it completely broke in net practice after 1month.
i was extremeley unhappy that it had broken and swore not to buy the same one again but when it came down to choosing a new bat i couldnt find...
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