About me:Hi, I'm Matthew.
Living it up in Great Britain, Stoke - On - Trent to be precise. (Y)
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Member since:09.02.2009
Reviews:19
Review rated by 4 Ciao members on average: helpful
Just bought this bat ready for the new summer season and I must say I?m very impressed.
Weight wise it?s nice and light, although a tad heavier towards the toe, obviously for power purposes although the heavier end allows for a nice heavy swing with less effort in the elbows and wrists.
If the bat is 100% with 0% being by the handle and 100% being the toe. The sweetest spot is at about 80%, although the bat is actually quite thin the sweet spot covers the entire face area around the sweet spot. I think this is because of the flatness of the bat this far down. As most cricket bats have a curve like a road where it?s higher in the middle and curves off towards the edges. Although at the sweet spot it seems to be flatter than anywhere else on the bat.
Grip is very good; the grip provided with the bat is strong enough, although there are better ones out there on the market.
How does it help my game?
Well on a bright Sunday morning I come out to bat at the nice run requiring spot of number 3. I've always struggled to hit sixes however, I'll admit I'm not the strongest person in the world so any time I needed power I needed a heavy bat, but I was always too slow to move it so would either miss the ball completely or just end up slicing it to where I didn't want the ball to go (generally into a fielders hand). So I really enjoyed the way this bat allows me to make some powerful shots without being TOO heavy. Don't get me wrong its not a feather but its lighter than just about every power bat out there, and I would hazard to say that it can potentially provide just as much power as the top range power bats.
Overall I would definitely recommend this bat to any opening or lower middle order batsmen.
Welcome to Ciao! Try to slow down the review writing, please, as you only get paid for member (positive) ratings, and you won't get many of them if you don't spend enough time writing each review. A very good start to your review; perhaps you could explain why each of the features you mention makes a difference to your game? where do you play? (to add information use "Edit review" link above or below the review; to reply to anyone click on the name of the author to reach their profile)
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12.02.2009 19:59
Welcome to Ciao! Try to slow down the review writing, please, as you only get paid for member (positive) ratings, and you won't get many of them if you don't spend enough time writing each review. A very good start to your review; perhaps you could explain why each of the features you mention makes a difference to your game? where do you play? (to add information use "Edit review" link above or below the review; to reply to anyone click on the name of the author to reach their profile) . . . . . . . . ♥ jes ♥