Attitides to bats
As amateur players myself and another player in my club team have two completely different opinions on bats.
Mine: I'm not very good so I'm not willing to spend hundreds of pounds on a really good bat - the most I've ever spent is £50 on a second-hand one.
His: I realise I'm not very good so I need all the help I can get and am happy to spend money to get a decent bat.
Am I just tight?!?
2 comments:
Each to his own I say. I definitely subscribe to the latter, having bought a top of the range last year on that very assumption. Fortunately I was proved right as I suddenly found that those nurdles into the ledside sped away to the boundary. It made such a difference to my batting in that after scratching around for, say, 8 overs, I would be on 20 rather than 4, which in turn resulted in not getting frustrated and going for the hoik. I felt comfortable after a string of scores between 15 and 25 rather than irked that I couldn't get to double figures.
All in all I ended up getting the most runs I have ever had in a season - more than double any season before. I also got my first ever 50 - although given their opening bowler had one leg, some would say it doesn't count!
And now??? The bat is knackered after a season and a half and I can't get a run. It cost me about 80p per run it scored (for me, anyway). Was it worth it? Absolutely!
As the counterexample in question and Ed's opening partner, I guess the fact that I lasted a mere seven balls to Ed's whopping several overs seems to vindicate his pragmatic attitude!
Ho hum.
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