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1. BDM with @RaviShastriOfc, champions of champions on the sticker, first ever junior bat. Used for ages. Passed on to @arushichak.
1. BDM with @RaviShastriOfc, champions of champions on the sticker, first ever junior bat. Used for ages. Passed on to @arushichak.
2. Went to the sports shop and bought RNS Larsens, chipped the bottom while shadow batting. Returned to the shop. Things work differently at age 12 right?
3. Replaced it with an SG with a blue sticker. Broke while batting at the nets. Karma can be a real bitch.
#mylifeinbats
#mylifeinbats
4. Another BDM. This time I covered it with medical tape all over since day one. Rubbish bat with no middle. But never broke.
#Mylifeinbats
#Mylifeinbats
5. Next up was a GM. Probably fake. But a beautiful middle. Stolen. Found it without a sticker and claimed it back. Scored my first fifty (81* off 53) in a proper game. Also captained that game. Opened with a leg spinner. Lost badly. Early lesson in captaincy. #mylifeinbats
6. Started to play some serious cricket. Bought an incredibly heavy SS bat to copy @sachin_rt. Batted gamely with it making some runs but the handle broke in the state U-17 final.
#Mylifeinbats
#Mylifeinbats
7. Then comes my first English Willow bat at age 17. INR 2,500 SS Viv Richards. Incredible ping. 400 runs in 5 games. Broke. Gave it to be repaired. Still hasn’t been picked up from the shop.
#mylifeinbats
#mylifeinbats
8. This cricket bat (breaking) habit was getting expensive. Two bats arrived. Barely used. Reasons here. https://1tip1hand.com/cricket/age-cricket-and-the-law/
#mylifeinbats
#mylifeinbats
9. Played with college bats throughout college. Some terrific Kookaburra bats in our last two years. Bats broke with alarming regularity at college too.
#mylifeinbats
#mylifeinbats
10. Started work.
Used a @WoodwormUK long handle for the first time. First T20 hundred. Bang!
Been using a @KookaburraCkt discarded by work team since 2009. Patched it up and it works just fine. The edge of the bat is about half the size of the bats these days.
#Mylifeinbats
Used a @WoodwormUK long handle for the first time. First T20 hundred. Bang!
Been using a @KookaburraCkt discarded by work team since 2009. Patched it up and it works just fine. The edge of the bat is about half the size of the bats these days.
#Mylifeinbats
11. Bought a @B3cricket bat in 2017. Handle broke within days.
Replacement sent out very quickly. Scored a ton for @JestersCricket in my first innings with the bat and it is still going!
There you have it. And big thanks to @ajarrodkimber for the idea for #mylifeinbats!
Replacement sent out very quickly. Scored a ton for @JestersCricket in my first innings with the bat and it is still going!
There you have it. And big thanks to @ajarrodkimber for the idea for #mylifeinbats!
