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Painted cricket bats?!

dilby

Cricket Spectator
Hi all -

I'm looking at buy a new bat and saw some crazy deals in sports direct for bats that I know are legit; for example a big kahuna kookaburra bat. But I go in and all the bats seem to be painted - like a wood coloured paint over all the wood, but you can see the brush strokes, and on some I swear there was a printed wood-effect contact covering it. Is it common for bats to be painted or is that just a straight up crappy bat? I'm just curious though because they are genuine model names. Some of them just seemed cheaper wood.

Take a look at the close ups of these bats for example; same bats but the wood looks totally different:

Kookaburra Instinct 500 Cricket Bat - Cricket Direct

Kookaburra | Kookaburra Instinct 500 Cricket Bat | Cricket Bats

You can see that the sports direct wood looks so much cheaper; is it possible that these bats are produced in two ranges, but not marked on the label? For example a crappy one for the cheaper market and a good one?

Thoughts appreciated!
 

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NotMcKenzie

International Debutant
I'm not entirely sure I can see what you mean. It could just be poor photography.

At some points in history, I think there have been coated bats, but I'm not sure I've ever seen one in the shops.

(Also, I just cross-checked on the Greg Chappell Cricket Centre site: I see Kookaburra have one that weighs 2 lb 5 oz. If only they'd brought it out a year ago.)
 

allaboutcricket

Cricket Spectator
I would suggest that you should choose a quality bat over anything. The quality of the bat can reflect in your game. Before any purchase make sure that you are shopping from a good dealer.
 

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