Comments on: A picture of a massive cricket bat

By: anothercricketfan

anothercricketfan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:56:38 +0000

This is more likely a reconstruction of the 1771 incident to demonstrate the size of the bat rather than it actually being used in a cricket match at the time as the bat regulations where in place by the 19th century.

By: Monster Cable

Monster Cable — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:35:47 +0000

Where the hell was this taken? Certainly nowhere in this green and pleasant land. SA? Oz? Kiwiland? India?
The houses look antipodean but then there’s that grass hut looking thing behind and between two of the houses….

This chap obviously thought The Dons’ boyhood training with a cricket stump and golfball could only be bettered by going the other way.

By: Ged

Ged — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:24:01 +0000

I was just thinking that the batsman was leaving a frightfully big gap between bat and pad considering the size of the bat.

Then I realised that the batsman isn’t wearing pads.

But the keeper is wearing pads.

The world has gone mad. I can’t cope with this. Who could?

By: alex

alex — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:20:20 +0000

Wahey! Well said kingpin.

By: JIm Nariel

JIm Nariel — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:05:24 +0000

I think I need this size to hit the damn ball. Love watching cricket through

By: Kendal King Pin

Kendal King Pin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:44:21 +0000

“Fetch!”

By: Ged

Ged — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:24:47 +0000

Mongoose XXXL

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:53:53 +0000

A wide bat won’t help you unless you bat the right way round….

By: e normous

e normous — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:58:39 +0000

and, er, is that a ball painted on that bat in the picture?

By: e normous

e normous — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:56:10 +0000

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48.3
Roach to Sibanda, OUT, Smoking guns! Roach literally and otherwise breaks through the defences of the batsman. The bat is broken in two, the off bail has fallen off and Sibanda has to go. A bizarre end to an innings that was for most part, bizarre.
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that’s pretty cool. and that’s how you solve the monster bat problem. why did this not ever happen to Hayden?