Superthread XLIII - honouring madunit

[Joker's Wild]

Pffft Ive seen fairy soccer players fracture cheek bones before and that sport is chock full of nancy boys

No one looks tough wearing white slacks. No one

 

[Bazal]

Mebbe if you wear a lid, you might not shit yourself when they come off more than four paces

 

[9701]

We had one in our kit in about under 10s. No idea where it came from. Thing was rubbish :lol:

Lol when they first came out they were the greatest new piece of technology around, left other bats in their wake. Then they brought out the Super Scoop then they sort of dissapeared again.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I was alive and old enough to be playing school cricket when the mighty Gray Nicolls scoop bats came out. Cutting edge and everyone had to have one.

Only had three bats my whole life. The second one I had was an old school Kookaburra Ridgeback, the one with the scoops out of it.

First bat was a GM Maestro Select, complete with fake Steve Waugh signature. My current Puma Original was the 3rd.

 

[BunniesMan]

Wind really starting to pick up now.

What was the Coffs Harbour Hockey fields are now Coffs Lake

Also at the tough guys saying playing cricket aint tough? Having a hard object coming at you at over 100ks an hour that has the ability to break bones and seriously damage you suggests people playing that sport are plenty tough.

 

[Bazal]

Lol when they first came out they were the greatest new piece of technology around, left other bats in their wake. Then they brought out the Super Scoop then they sort of dissapeared again.

Kookaburra Bubble was the big bat when I was a kid....everyone who wanted to be taken seriously had one

 

[dogslife]

Get f**ked I still rock the grey nichs scoop

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Mebbe if you wear a lid, you might not shit yourself when they come off more than four paces

No-one bowls fast enough to bowl short consistently in 3rds. I just have the reflexes of a rusty steel trap...

 

[Dutchy]

I still use my Gray Nich Optimum 5Star EW.

 

[Bazal]

Only had three bats my whole life. The second one I had was an old school Kookaburra Ridgeback, the one with the scoops out of it.

First bat was a GM Maestro Select, complete with fake Steve Waugh signature. My current Puma Original was the 3rd.

Holy shit, that was my first bat too :crazy:

 

[BunniesMan]

And when it comes to cricket bats it goes:

Kookaburra >>>>> Slazenger >>>>> Pommy crap like GN and GM >>>>>>>> Indian crap like SS

and yes I know Slazenger is pom but Mark Waugh used them so Slaz was my first ever bat so they're better than other pommy bats.

 

[Bazal]

I had a Kookaburra once...then my dad got a job

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I had a Kookaburra once...then my dad got a job

:lol:

 

[Bazal]

Actual sledge I have used in a game, BTW.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

SS Jumbo was my first bat. Couldn't lift it when I first got it but I thought I was tough. Turned out to be a good bat eventually though. Currently use an Andrew Symonds Gray Nich.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Have seen a Newbury at Kingsgrove Sports Centre I like the look of. Would of liked to get a Screaming Cat (the guy who made Puma bats when they were good back in the Bevan + Taylor days), but didn't play the season they were released.

Whatever happened to some of the brands I grew up with, like DF and SS?

 

[Dani]

So where can I fit in with all this batting talk?

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Hmmm, Slats on a Segway...

 

[Bazal]

Dunno about DF, but I see a lot of SS bats in the local comp, and our keeper has just bought a brand new Sommers, which was a bit of a blast from the past

 

[Red Bear]

Ive gone through a few bats
- V1000 kashmir in undr 10's/11's
- V100 English Willow, top little bat tbh
- Gray Nicolls Excallibur - really nice bat to use, not a big middle but light enough that I could time shots really well with it, signed by ricky ponting these days and in the shed I think
- Gray Nicolls Gladius - piece of shit tbh, could never find the middle, poor pick up, did not like
- V500 - got given a bunch of cricket gear a next door neighbour somehow acquired, sanded it down and oiled it, pretty average bat though
- Gray Nicolls Powerbow 1000 - had for 5 years or so now, got it for $200 when it was maybe two years old, was worth 450-500 new, absolute cracker of a cricket bat, well balanced, great middle.

I liked the V900 pro's from a few years back now as well, they were nice. Never been a fan of kookaburra bats bar the bubble from around 2002.