New "Mongoose" Cricket bat said to revolutionize Cricket

[Synaesthesia]

Well a new cricket bat has been invented specifically for 20/20 Cricket, it's called the Mongoose bat. It looks like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-iGDyPz7tM

 

[profpanda]

How you gonna stop a yorker??????

 

[<moLe>]

why?.....the wheel was perfect,why reinvent it?

 

[JK8]

How you gonna stop a yorker??????

It has a long handle...
They should keep the normal look, just make it wider...?

Actually they just americanising the sport now!

 

[Arthur]

It has a long handle...
They should keep the normal look, just make it wider...?

Actually they just americanising the sport now!

I know what you mean.

We should really start worrying when the bats become round, with a thicker end at the bottom.

 

[Keeper]

the should make the whole thing out of the material they use for those bouncing rubber balls

 

[Synaesthesia]

Ha ha!

 

[hj2k_x]

Seems like a fair enough idea for 20/20- not for other forms of the game, though.

 

[killadoob]

Looks awesome

 

[Picard]

The shorter they they make the batting area ... the more they make it look like a thing that teachers would use to give unruly kids a proper hiding.

 

[killadoob]

I feel sorry for the bowlers haha but then the crowd is not there to watch them take wickets in 20/20

 

[Sting]

Batsmen will find it difficult to play defensive shots... especially to balls pitched just short of a length. Anything short or full pitched will travel very far!!

 

[Luke7777]

That's a crap idea...

 

[hj2k_x]

Batsmen will find it difficult to play defensive shots... especially to balls pitched just short of a length. Anything short or full pitched will travel very far!!

In a 120 -ball game, there is not a whole lot of that anyway.

People are saying this gives even more advantage to the batsmen, however, a well-picthed yorker or even a good length ball that moves in the air and necessitates a defensive shot, will be even harder to keep out with this bat. Seems like a decent compromise...

 

[Devill]

How you gonna stop a yorker??????

Longer handle

why?.....the wheel was perfect,why reinvent it?

Because the wooden wheel could not travel at 140km/h.

 

[killadoob]

Because the wooden wheel could not travel at 140km/h.

OMW LOL awesome devil.

As devil points out it is not reinventing but improving.

 

[Morgoth]

only way to stop a yorker is by double stepping it , swing and don't miss! turn it into a low full tos. This bat looks look it might split at the bottom.

 

[Devill]

only way to stop a yorker is by double stepping it , swing and don't miss! turn it into a low full tos. This bat looks look it might split at the bottom.

Its a lot thicker than a normal bat.

 

[hoegh]

looks cool, but i've got another idea, why do they need bowlers, why not set up a bowling machine and just watch the batsmen smack the crap out of it!

 

[DJ...]

I think it's a crap idea - the existing bats can already reach the boundary with ease. Besides, it no longer becomes a new format of the game, but rather a wholly different game once you start changing the equipment one can use. It's like introducing rocket engines to cars and pretending it's still Formula 1. Or adding springs to a rugby ball to help kick it further - bloody stupid. Probably some stupid yank's idea...