The evolution of the cricket bat - Mike Hussey & Mark Waugh test bats from every era I Fox Cricket

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • Mike Hussey and Mark Waugh analyse how the cricket bat has changed
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  • @RrubhuVideos
    @RrubhuVideos Год назад +1150

    aw man so funny to watch Mark Waugh and Huss act like kids from all the excitement from the bats and Howard acting like a parent hahaha

    • @Anandkumar-zm8kg
      @Anandkumar-zm8kg Год назад +7

      👌Well said, I thoroughly enjoyed ur comment 😀

  • @dizzystj
    @dizzystj Год назад +646

    These types of mid game shows are bloody awesome need more like it

    • @iketyke7324
      @iketyke7324 Год назад +18

      Cricket in general is streets ahead of other sports with segments like this. We’re very lucky.

    • @bibek6713
      @bibek6713 Год назад +8

      ​@@iketyke7324 because we have 40 minutes and 20 minutes break every day for 5 days🤣🤣
      Name me a sport that lasts 5 days

    • @iketyke7324
      @iketyke7324 Год назад +4

      @@bibek6713 That’s true 😂😂

    • @phsycresconquest6636
      @phsycresconquest6636 10 месяцев назад +1

      I used to really look forward to when Shane Warne was on these sorts of segments during Test Cricket.
      And I learnt how to bowl swing from a brilliant Jimmy Anderson Masterclass during the 2012 Ashes (I think it was that year)

  • @RatelHBadger
    @RatelHBadger Год назад +1214

    Absolutely brutal comparison... Imagine Viv Richards swinging the modern timber.

    • @paulrummery6905
      @paulrummery6905 Год назад +112

      Somebody would likely have gotten hurt mate.

    • @rossfranklin2782
      @rossfranklin2782 Год назад +48

      Imagine Bradman then..

    • @RatelHBadger
      @RatelHBadger Год назад +147

      @@rossfranklin2782 he wasn't known as the Master Blaster. Brilliant batsman but not known for belting everyone out of the park like Richards.
      Viv with a modern bat might just be considered a lethal weapon against spectators.

    • @jonathanandtrishavlogs6874
      @jonathanandtrishavlogs6874 Год назад +20

      Or Lance Klusner, Justin Kemp, Don Bradman, Graham Pollock, Shaun Pollock, Andrew Simons..

    • @paulrummery6905
      @paulrummery6905 Год назад +61

      Sure but none of the above would have hit it sweeter or looked more fucking cool than Vivian.. 😉

  • @pkoppula
    @pkoppula Год назад +318

    This is so sweet to watch. Two legends with their childlike enthusiasm 🥳👏🏽👍🏽

    • @keraptisblackrazor2658
      @keraptisblackrazor2658 Год назад

      Yep, it reminds me, in a completly unrelated topic, of the guy from Bachman Turner Overdrive discovering and explaining the opening chord of a Hard Day's Night. It's on You Tube somewhere, same sort of thing. Professional enthusiasm.

    • @CrashBandiii
      @CrashBandiii Год назад

      I swear they put cocaine in the Aussie water supply

  • @ipak2010
    @ipak2010 Год назад +306

    Fox cricket as innovative as always. This is what makes Cricket in Australia special and a great viewing

  • @shantanuyadav441
    @shantanuyadav441 Год назад +94

    I'm just really happy that Mike got to keep his hero, Allan Border's bat. Really nice gesture by the respective Trust!

  • @namotv814
    @namotv814 Год назад +310

    Just awesome. Cricket lunch shows need to be like this.
    And by the way, just imagine the likes of King Viv, Gordon Greenidge, Greg Chappel and Allan Border and Kapil Dev, how much runs they would have scored with the current modern bats. Wow, the distance difference is immense in the current and old bats!

    • @_jinu
      @_jinu Год назад +29

      And star sports talk about IPL during lunch shows🤦

    • @lustyleopard6693
      @lustyleopard6693 Год назад +6

      Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Zaheer Abbas

    • @frankmachin5438
      @frankmachin5438 Год назад +4

      Clive Lloyd, Ian Botham … all the above names - the grounds would not have been big enough!

    • @natalkumar6132
      @natalkumar6132 Год назад

      @@lustyleopard6693 Kane Williamson is similar to Abbas.

    • @dylanbetts8774
      @dylanbetts8774 Год назад +2

      Imagine if Sir Don Bradman had a bat from today

  • @alexbarn
    @alexbarn Год назад +74

    Love Mark Waugh’s strut. What an elegant batter he was. Great to see him here!

    • @garethwest9069
      @garethwest9069 Год назад +5

      Batter? That's the stuff you coat fish with before frying.

    • @markharrison6498
      @markharrison6498 Год назад

      @@garethwest9069batter’s probably more pc than batsman these days to be fair

  • @xdarshan
    @xdarshan Год назад +30

    Man I can feel the guy being so scared and protective of these relics while the cricketers are absolutely excited without a care to try them lol

  • @phillipwalsh2972
    @phillipwalsh2972 Год назад +76

    Mark Waugh is so awesome.

  • @divyanshsindhu5280
    @divyanshsindhu5280 Год назад +70

    One of my favourite childhood star..mark Waugh 😊

    • @Jimmyc6969
      @Jimmyc6969 Год назад +3

      one of the best leg side batsmen ever!

    • @souravchoudhury9994
      @souravchoudhury9994 Год назад

      Classical right handed batsman

    • @mungers88
      @mungers88 Год назад +2

      Had a mark waugh signature series v100 when i was a kid, was my idol

    • @MrCrikilover
      @MrCrikilover Год назад

      @@mungers88 the bastard was so talented he made batting look like child's play. Incredibly gifted

    • @garethwest9069
      @garethwest9069 Год назад

      @@MrCrikilover He averaged 41 in a team that rarely lost; that's talent unfulfilled.

  • @leeturton9254
    @leeturton9254 Год назад +59

    I remember bret lee hitting the ball completely out of the ground at the gabba in 2005...he was using one of those kookaburra beast bats with the carbon fibre on the back...i think it's the biggest hit I've ever seen....the sound of the bat was like a shotgun amazing

    • @danishraza-fu8gr
      @danishraza-fu8gr Год назад +1

      Against which team, what game was that??

    • @MrPramii
      @MrPramii Год назад +1

      @@danishraza-fu8gr West Indies from memory. It's on RUclips somewhere

    • @Renmazuo27
      @Renmazuo27 Год назад +4

      ruclips.net/video/TNkrD95WfmE/видео.html
      I remember this! He sent a few at Trent Bridge during the 05 Ashes too.

    • @muhammadzohaib3747
      @muhammadzohaib3747 9 месяцев назад +1

      Isn't carbon fiber illegal?

    • @liam3104
      @liam3104 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@muhammadzohaib3747 at the time it wasnt. and it was just the back of the bat

  • @gregoryholmes329
    @gregoryholmes329 Год назад +19

    Awesome vibes in this video. Absolutely love the summer of cricket and brings back a lot of memories seeing these fellas enjoy themselves

  • @v1e1r1g1e1
    @v1e1r1g1e1 Год назад +51

    I remember, as a lad during the late 1960s, that the bats were thin and light with a narrow grip. It was very difficult to find that ''sweet spot'' and getting a four was hard, let alone a six. You couldn't just swipe away... you had to REALLY think what and where your stroke would go. The whole approach to batting was different from what I observe today. There was more... strategising, if that's the right word... behind making your stroke. The batsman did the work; not the bat. Mind you, I have this impression (and I could be SO wrong on this) that bowling wasn't as fast as it became by the mid 1970s and the excellence of spin bowling was something yet to be seen.

    • @soundbelch1600
      @soundbelch1600 Год назад +2

      With modern bats, the sweet spot is so much larger than anything from the 80s when I was a kid, let alone back to the late 60's. A larger sweetspot means you can swing harder and faster and not need to be as accurate. It's absolutely analagous to playing golf with a wooden headed driver in 1981 compared to the moster metal-headed drivers of now. I agree that it's changed the approach to batting and changed the whole game as a contest, and not for the good in my view.

    • @rishusverige
      @rishusverige 11 месяцев назад +4

      We need to have a T20 World cup with those bats from 60s and we would find out how good the current batsmen are .

  • @joebloggs2635
    @joebloggs2635 Год назад +22

    The best bat ever made was the one Glen McGrath scored that miracle 61. That bat had to have had magical properties.

  • @cuebj
    @cuebj Год назад +26

    1902 is a pretty new bat! Surprised the handle hasn't gone floppy. Every bat over 40 years ago I've ever had access to (I'm 67) has handle go floppy. Used to be able to have re-handle which was cheaper than buying whole new bat. I might join a club this year for first time in over 35 years and try to get one of the bats fixed

  • @smak5023
    @smak5023 Год назад +52

    The scoop prevents the bat from turning, the mass is distributed more uniformly so less torque is applied when the ball hits left and right of the centre of gravity.

    • @jeremybean-hodges6397
      @jeremybean-hodges6397 Год назад

      Huh? How so?

    • @Hiltok
      @Hiltok Год назад +1

      @@jeremybean-hodges6397 Same principle as used in 'cavity back irons' for golf. If you really want more details, read up on the physics of 'moment of inertia'.

    • @jeremybean-hodges6397
      @jeremybean-hodges6397 Год назад +1

      @@Hiltok I do understand moment of inertia - I am an engineer. But therefore if the ball hits off centre, the amount of torque applied to the bat is determined solely by the weight, speed, offset from centreline of the ball and the elasticity of the collision.

    • @MrCrikilover
      @MrCrikilover Год назад

      @@jeremybean-hodges6397 I agree with your explanation. Quite to the contrary, it is not an even distribution of weight that allows more torque. Rather a bat with a shorter blade like the mongoose Is what's going to give you more torque. So, I find the explanation for even weight distribution and moment of inertia to be nonsensical.
      I feel like the scoop gives the bat more overall length and gives it a good spring for the launch. A longer bact acts like a cantilever. If you pull the end of a long cantilever beam and let go it will vibrate for longer because of greater potential energy, which in this case is getting transferred to the cricket ball. Essentially, you're applying the same amount of force from your shoulders, but the bat gets more purchase because of additional length from the scoop
      Balance is going to be determined by how much wood you have on either side of the center line, not the scoop itself

    • @Hiltok
      @Hiltok Год назад

      @@jeremybean-hodges6397 As you seem to implying that torque and elasticity are the only determinants of rotational acceleration, I have trouble believing you really understand moment of inertia - rotational inertia depends on mass distribution in the object subjected to the torque. Why do almost all handicap golfers in this day and age use cavity back irons rather than traditional blade shaped irons? Why are tennis racquet heads so much larger than the traditional 9 inch wide wooden racquets while the overall weight of racquet used by top players has barely changed at all? With more weight towards the periphery rather than the centre, they are less susceptible to rotation from off-centre strikes.

  • @jeffmonin6920
    @jeffmonin6920 Год назад +30

    They should of used Dennis Lillee's aluminium bat

    • @conandis5542
      @conandis5542 Год назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍

  • @trustfire
    @trustfire Год назад +35

    Mark & Mike turned into 15 year old's looking at those bats haha

  • @ketanpathki7335
    @ketanpathki7335 Год назад +13

    What a session. Loved it. Now you know why today's batsmen score runs so easily and hit it out of the park effortlessly. Even mishits and edges go for sixes. Add shorter boundaries, restrictions on bouncers, no reverse swing with 2 balls used in a game, and batsmen well-protected overall. It is a bleedy batsman's game. Who would want to be a bowler in the modern game.

  • @santoshnautiyal2148
    @santoshnautiyal2148 Год назад +35

    I beg fox to please upload more of this fun and informative content... As a cricket fan i just love it. Please don't starve us in India from these precious contents. Please

    • @abhijitthakur5698
      @abhijitthakur5698 Год назад +6

      @santoshnautiyal2148 Never beg,just request. Whenever you say something at international level,you represent us i.e. India. Let's have some pride

    • @pankajrohaj
      @pankajrohaj Год назад +2

      ​@@abhijitthakur5698 dead right. Classic Indian appeasement mentality

    • @AK-74K
      @AK-74K Год назад +5

      @@abhijitthakur5698 He is representing himself, he doesn't represent you or anyone else.

    • @abhijitthakur5698
      @abhijitthakur5698 Год назад +2

      @@AK-74K "Please don't starve US in India". Please read it completely before commenting

    • @pankajrohaj
      @pankajrohaj Год назад +1

      @AK 74 For Foreigners, he will represent the rest of India. And he clearly mentions "US".

  • @abhijit_
    @abhijit_ Год назад +11

    Viv Richards playing with Warner's bat would have been a sight to behold...

  • @kaushikmukherjee7259
    @kaushikmukherjee7259 Год назад +20

    Legends are legends irrespective of the time they born!!!

    • @exposett246
      @exposett246 Год назад

      some indian or or englishman ? who else watches this crapp xD

  • @blackknight4666
    @blackknight4666 Год назад +156

    Moral of the story....never ever compare the old legends with current kids...just imagine them playing with the current technology bats

    • @Bernie8330
      @Bernie8330 Год назад +47

      They would have to contend with much higher fielding standards.

    • @eamonnbeatts8147
      @eamonnbeatts8147 Год назад +35

      Higher fielding standards, and balls would have carried off nicks more often thanks to the new bats.

    • @Bernie8330
      @Bernie8330 Год назад +12

      @@eamonnbeatts8147 More of their best shots would have been deprived of runs due to much superior ground fielding, and promising innings would be snuffed out by a freakish catch far more often.

    • @blackknight4666
      @blackknight4666 Год назад +27

      @@Bernie8330 who cares about ground fielding when edge's fly over for six

    • @Bernie8330
      @Bernie8330 Год назад +2

      @@blackknight4666 You are talking t20 nonsense and even proper one day cricket to a certain extent. But my valid point is to do with test cricket.

  • @kirkanderson3265
    @kirkanderson3265 Год назад +5

    This is what you call MASTERCLASS. Knowledge and entertainment mixed. Loved it. Thank you cricket Australia

  • @whitemamba0312
    @whitemamba0312 Год назад +32

    bradman was averaging almost 100 with those older bats and people tell me he wouldn't be able to play today lol

    • @DrNoClu
      @DrNoClu Год назад +11

      He'd make an absolute killing nowadays

    • @Daredevils-5
      @Daredevils-5 Год назад +3

      Bradman avg only in eng and australia 😆 if he play in Asia then his avg is below 60

    • @whitemamba0312
      @whitemamba0312 Год назад +24

      @@Daredevils-5 strange how no one else that played In England and Australia ever got near the 100 average 😳😳

    • @waynemitchell1076
      @waynemitchell1076 Год назад +21

      @shubhamgaur6728 he used to play on uncovered, sticky wickets, making it significantly harder to bat on than the roads we have today. He played on wickets where the ball turned square or ran along the ground. Absolutely no one came close to his average anywhere.

    • @THICCTHICCTHICC
      @THICCTHICCTHICC Год назад +9

      @@Daredevils-5 Bradman did get to play against India and averaged 96 so I don't think their bowlers bothered him much

  • @sugarnads
    @sugarnads Год назад +4

    Ive got a 1932 Gunn & Moore Bert Oldield autograph model signed by Bert Oldield.
    Its a beautiful thing.

  • @AkashVardhaan
    @AkashVardhaan Год назад +4

    how good was the reaction of huss and mark. Their eyes lit up when they see a different bat, just like a kid. cricket is love

  • @damiensmith9240
    @damiensmith9240 Год назад +8

    It's great to see the Allan Border bat while Junior is there. I saw them both make 100s against the Windies on day 2 of the Boxing Day test in 1992!

    • @damiensmith9240
      @damiensmith9240 Год назад +1

      Saw Huss make 145 against India in Sydney, too!

  • @The-Great-Brindian
    @The-Great-Brindian Год назад +1

    This was super interesting to watch and that Alan Border bat was lovely - the sound of the leather just bouncing off that willow - nice.

  • @vasudevkarthik4593
    @vasudevkarthik4593 Год назад +2

    That is why i wait for mid-session discussion or shows during Australia Test Season there is so much fun and knowledgable stuff goes on it is hard to imagine

  • @ZenithAngel
    @ZenithAngel Год назад +25

    Should have included Warner’s Kaboom . Probably the biggest bat used in international cricket

  • @VolvoV8seriously
    @VolvoV8seriously Год назад +65

    A brilliant lunch segment by Foxtel, very interesting and informative. Great to see that Mark Waugh and Mike Hussy showing you still can get excited about a cricket bat.

  • @dialyviews7010
    @dialyviews7010 Год назад +4

    Very good analysis. These type of stuff makes cricket interesting.

  • @micko1404
    @micko1404 Год назад +9

    Mark Waugh, bloody legend.

  • @ExplorerDeb
    @ExplorerDeb Год назад +3

    Happy to see my favorite player Mark Waugh after several years.

  • @philthy4242
    @philthy4242 Год назад +11

    What about the SS Jumbo? loved that bat back in the day

  • @thomridgeway1438
    @thomridgeway1438 Год назад +2

    I still love the Duncan Fearnley that Ian Botham used in 81 at Headingley. That's my favourite!

  • @SriShridhar
    @SriShridhar 4 месяца назад

    Classy program in the break. Australians take cricket and it’s coverage to a different level. Fantastic guys. Respect from India.

  • @Dhritiman619
    @Dhritiman619 Год назад +2

    Pretty nostalagic.. We grew up watching these bats used in cricket game especially i were a fan of GM & V slazenger series bat.. Funky stickers

  • @simoncampbell3144
    @simoncampbell3144 Год назад +2

    I had a Duncan Fearnley Rapier in the late eighties, cost £150 , a fortune back then , absolutely loved that bat , gave it to my neighbours kid when he started to show an interest in cricket, glad I did , but a little bit of me wishes I'd kept it , so I could relive my not so glorious cricket career

  • @howzathenry
    @howzathenry Год назад +8

    Love that Allan Border bat.

  • @Rapsterog
    @Rapsterog Год назад +5

    Loved it 😊 need more like this❤️

  • @TheMaverickanupam
    @TheMaverickanupam Год назад +12

    Bradman would average 199.88 with the current bats.

    • @justadreamerforgood69
      @justadreamerforgood69 Год назад

      He played against 60 mph bowlers so no

    • @HoratioFitzbastard
      @HoratioFitzbastard 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@justadreamerforgood69Harold Larwood bowled 60mph?

    • @justadreamerforgood69
      @justadreamerforgood69 11 месяцев назад

      @@HoratioFitzbastard
      Exactly my point. 1 bowler brought done down Bradman's average to 50 something in that series so if he faced 3 pacemen,1 all rounder and 1 spinner like in these days his average would be like 20

    • @HoratioFitzbastard
      @HoratioFitzbastard 11 месяцев назад

      @@justadreamerforgood69 So if all the bowlers were throwing pies, how come noone else came within an elephants trumpet of his average?

    • @justadreamerforgood69
      @justadreamerforgood69 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@HoratioFitzbastard
      Because cricket wasn't played seriously back then lol. Most of the guys just played it for fun and had day jobs
      Bradman was a wealthy guy and could afford to only concentrate on cricket

  • @pufdadie
    @pufdadie Год назад +1

    I use a County ala Dean Jones circa maybe 1998. Few chips but very powerful and heavy....connect and it goes

  • @Videshideshbhakt
    @Videshideshbhakt 3 месяца назад

    Batting was an art back when their generation and older one's played. It was a dance and a fair but brutal competition between skilled bowlers and classfull batters!

    • @ravantheoghacker863
      @ravantheoghacker863 25 дней назад

      You know the bigger the edge the higher the chance of getting out

  • @thatsbollox
    @thatsbollox Год назад +2

    I still keep an early 80's SS Jumbo under the bed.....last line of defence.
    Used a Gunn and Moore right thru my career though. My nephew busted the splice of my last GM in the nets 10 yrs ago. I wasnt happy.

  • @EthanReeceGrantWorth
    @EthanReeceGrantWorth Год назад

    An absolutely joy to watch, Mark Waugh and Huss remind one of children on a Christmas morning

  • @james6247
    @james6247 Год назад +4

    This was chaos but hilarious 😂

  • @Sandysand701
    @Sandysand701 Год назад +1

    Interesting, Clive Lloyd must have known his stuff, a bigger/fatter handle gives you a bigger sweet spot, imagine what would happen with a very thin handle and you hit the ball off centre, the bat will want to twist in your hand! Also the scooping out the middle of the bat, transfers more weight to the edges/sides, this makes the bat more stable with off centre his as well. The same thing with tennis rackets. Yonex brand have a bigger sweet spot due to the their isometric shape, more weight on either side and longer cross strings top and bottom.

  • @arunchakravarthya
    @arunchakravarthya Год назад +1

    It's awesome to see two 50 Year old buddies having a ball of a time, so excited still..

  • @wernertukker5420
    @wernertukker5420 Год назад +7

    How I wish they would re-launch Duncan Furleys .. they were great bats

    • @aglobetrottingwriter9266
      @aglobetrottingwriter9266 Год назад

      They’re still making bats, just google them. Tempted to get a Magnum just to hang on the wall.

  • @InvisibleJiuJitsu
    @InvisibleJiuJitsu Год назад +7

    Lol at letting those two heathens loose on those antiques 😂

  • @thatsbollox
    @thatsbollox 11 месяцев назад +1

    That first one used by Vic Trumper and Syd Gregory looks like they used old engine oil on it. Clive Lloyd's monster GN is a treasure.

  • @alexrathers4592
    @alexrathers4592 Год назад

    Great vid. Shows how the regard to safety has changed so much since the days of uncovered pitches and no helmets or thigh guards.

  • @solidcricket
    @solidcricket Год назад +3

    18:15 this increases my respect for Guys like Viv Richard,Sachin,Jaysurya who used to hit sixes on will :)

    • @nikhilreddy8550
      @nikhilreddy8550 Год назад +4

      Jayasurya had springs in his bat which gave him an unfair advantage. Or atleast that's what 12 year old deprrssed me believed to cope with India's loss to SL in semis of '96 World cup.

    • @mridulajmeri2552
      @mridulajmeri2552 Год назад +1

      @@nikhilreddy8550 same with punter on 2003 wc final 😆

  • @richardrobinson1651
    @richardrobinson1651 Год назад +11

    Would love to see Lance Cairn's Newberry Excalibur compared to a modern bat.

    • @insertnamehere5809
      @insertnamehere5809 Год назад

      The bat with the shaved off edges at the top, my dad had one & it was bloody heavy

    • @gbthrylos
      @gbthrylos Год назад

      The day after he hit all those sixes i went to garage and cut shoulders of a few bats

  • @bharathkrishna6776
    @bharathkrishna6776 Год назад +1

    Was a pleasure to watch

  • @THICCTHICCTHICC
    @THICCTHICCTHICC Год назад +10

    I'm not even joking when I say this - the last ball Hussey hit only JUST missed the back of Pucovskis head. He was doing a lunchtime show for Channel 7 and the ball landed right next to him.
    I was right there in front of him and it was terrifying.

  • @somersetreefer1168
    @somersetreefer1168 Год назад +1

    This through the ages look at bats was brilliant. Would love to see how the ball has changed!🤔

  • @shashankrao23
    @shashankrao23 Год назад +1

    I wanted a Mark Waugh bat when i was a kid, felt like a Katana :D

  • @andrewscotttt
    @andrewscotttt Год назад +2

    The footage showed that Skull had a bat with a sponsor in the centenary test.

  • @YashVardhanTanwar
    @YashVardhanTanwar Год назад

    This was just a treat to watch. Thanks Fox Cricket!

  • @anuragprasad4274
    @anuragprasad4274 Год назад +1

    13:12 …He wont mind… comeon 😂😂😂😂

  • @sandeshuttampatil2703
    @sandeshuttampatil2703 Год назад +1

    Sunil gavaskar while doing commentary in a match said "when we played we had bats with edges nowadays players mistime their shots and ball goes off from middle of the edge."

  • @5150show
    @5150show Год назад +4

    Mark was a brilliant batsman

  • @sonujha2769
    @sonujha2769 Год назад +3

    Finally somewhere Micheal Clarke and Simon katich are sitting side by side

  • @Vinan2k
    @Vinan2k Год назад

    Excellent broadcast during the lunch break! well done fox cricket

  • @rohitsaha371
    @rohitsaha371 Год назад +1

    mangoose bat was goated 🥶🐐

  • @terminusest9179
    @terminusest9179 Год назад +1

    I live in Kingsgrove so I've driven past that sports centre several thousand times in my life, never thought Mark would know that place.

  • @timwilde4200
    @timwilde4200 Год назад +1

    Looking at all those heavyweight bats only makes me hark back to Bob Simpson's time as coach, when he tried coaxing a number of players to go back to lighter bats because of the proliferation of modern batsman getting caught in slips. His view was that heavier bats made it more difficult to adjust for lateral movement, especially off the pitch.
    We live in an era of flatter pitches and pace bowling that's the meat and potatoes of modern cricket, with a bit of spin thrown in. Bradman played in an era where medium pace was at it's zenith (think Alec Bedser, who bowled what Bradman claimed was the best delivery he ever faced) and spin bowling was king - to the day he died, he still claimed Bill O'Reilly was the greatest bowler he ever saw or faced. So there was much more lateral movement off pitches that weren't as well protected as they are today, meaning that a lighter bat would have been more advantageous for last millisecond adjustments.
    So with all that said, I think modern heavy bats (which Graeme Pollock popularized to the likes of Greg Chappell) are fine for minimal movement that uses the weight to stroke the ball to the boundary off pace bowlers, but for all the people who ponder what Bradman could have accomplished with them, I suggest they go and look at the full flourish of his stroke play in video clips, plus his lean and diminutive frame - he'd have practically fallen over trying to wield a modern bat. Every bowler who ever faced him said the same thing, that what set Bradman apart from others was the fact he 'saw' the ball yards earlier than other batsman - I've always put that down to the game he used to play for hours as a kid with the stump and golf ball. A heavier bat would have slowed down his reaction time and negated that advantage somewhat of seeing the ball so early.

  • @funwithimandiv3867
    @funwithimandiv3867 Год назад +5

    Amazing bats!

  • @AshokSridharan
    @AshokSridharan 9 месяцев назад

    You can really see how much Hussey loved batting!

  • @orkoprobhobhaduri7344
    @orkoprobhobhaduri7344 Год назад +1

    Gee, that lynn and munro thing really cracked me up. Legendary kerry

  • @ipak2010
    @ipak2010 Год назад +3

    Now Imagine Vivian Richards using these new Willows

  • @swardmusic
    @swardmusic Год назад +1

    Would have liked to see some non chalant Waugh cut shots and cover drives with the v100

  • @Shivian124
    @Shivian124 Год назад

    I believe the large thick bats nowadays is possible via weight reduction techniques. They are able to dry out the moisture more effectively taking a lot of the weight out that way.

  • @sams2271
    @sams2271 Год назад +2

    If the bat changes, then the ball also has to change. If the ball should not change, then the bat must not change

  • @richardsmith8654
    @richardsmith8654 Год назад

    Great to see them with the bat named after Clive Lloyd. People forget just what a hard hitter he was. If he had the modern technology his average wold have been substantially higher.

  • @thecardbaron6871
    @thecardbaron6871 Год назад +1

    V100 was the days!!!

  • @gbthrylos
    @gbthrylos Год назад

    The old classics : Symonds Tusker , V100, SS Jumbo , GM maestro , DF Magnum, Kookaburra Ridgeback , GN Twin Scoop and Dynadrive

  • @dampaul13
    @dampaul13 Год назад +5

    I've heard that the middles of bats haven't necessarily gotten better, just that the size of the 'sweet spot' is massive, making the bats much more forgiving.

  • @mohdhusain2719
    @mohdhusain2719 Год назад +4

    Hussey just wants to bat and bat annnd bat truly a legend 😂😂

  • @kohli11000
    @kohli11000 Год назад +1

    They are sniffing bats like it's WINE.

  • @ChumblesMumbles
    @ChumblesMumbles Год назад

    At 4:18 the size of that grip is absolutely crazy!

  • @THP999
    @THP999 Год назад

    As a kiwi kid watching our blokes getting pummeled for decades. Mark Waugh was always a pleasure to watch. Mr Cricket was always fun to watch too.

  • @silencedogood7856
    @silencedogood7856 Год назад

    The insurance company holding its breath every time MH starts tapping and swinging the priceless artifacts.

  • @waqas7562
    @waqas7562 Год назад

    Aussies are so much fun. Really love to see them. Wathed aussie team live in Rawalpindi. Warner was having fun. All of them enjoyed.

  • @beastmry
    @beastmry Год назад

    Viv Richards made a mockery of bowlers during the 70s and 80s. I can't even imagine what he'd do in this era

  • @arjunaravind1351
    @arjunaravind1351 Год назад +1

    I’m a simple man. I see Mr Cricket in the video and then proceed to watch the whole thing.

  • @neothings7662
    @neothings7662 Год назад

    Back in the 12% moisture content was standard because they just did want to deal with the return... Pro -cricketer you get away for lower moisture but bats are retired earlier i.e the they don't keep for years... 1% moisture equates to about 1oz / 1mm overall willow on the bat. If you take that ounce of a certain areas, only on the edge or middle you get more then 1mm of wood so pro-bat alway look bigger.... The next bit is concave, they move wood for the middle area by scoping it to add it to the edge, it is just con, the volume/mass is same it just in different areas. GN Scoop were the pioneers of this.... That big edge design / the scoop helps with off centre shots because it helps to reduce energy loss due to twist. Most batsmen/women want to hit out of the middle not the edge, so is a big edge helpful not really unless you aren't great. It is akin to the golf and game improvement irons, they are helpful for the newbies but it doesn't help if you want to shape and control a shot

  • @otakuhunter4817
    @otakuhunter4817 Год назад

    hussey is very knowledgable behind the sciency stuff of bats

  • @scholesiefirsttime
    @scholesiefirsttime Год назад

    Imagine being able to test bats like this (before you buy)?!
    That would be a fun hour or two!

  • @intermission1864
    @intermission1864 Год назад

    That six off Dan Vettori was the sweetest of sweet sounds

  • @CrashBandiii
    @CrashBandiii Год назад

    I remember playing with a Big Kahuna as a teenager, could barely swing the thing but when you middled it, you sent it to the moon

  • @AnalogBuddy
    @AnalogBuddy Год назад

    David Hussey walks off with a limited edition bat 😂😂😂
    He seemed to be so enthusiastic with all those bats - starting from the oldest one in the lot. What a genuine chap.

  • @Burning.Emblem
    @Burning.Emblem 8 месяцев назад

    If Mr Cricket (Michael Hussey) tested the bats, you know he’s speaking true

  • @ransikapremalal1391
    @ransikapremalal1391 Год назад +2

    Best Commentary Panel in the cricketing world 🏏🔥
    Fox Cricket 😍💖

  • @samuelatienzo4627
    @samuelatienzo4627 Год назад

    12:21 - a very accurate impersonation of Harry Solomons 😂

  • @Backbencher-t8j
    @Backbencher-t8j 10 месяцев назад

    Those bats from sir viv richards era were the beasts 🔥🔥🔥🔥