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Cricket => Essex Eagles T20 => Topic started by: jwb on August 02, 2016, 10:10:04 AM

Title: Black Bat Illegal
Post by: jwb on August 02, 2016, 10:10:04 AM

Now if my memory serves me the Sky commentators said that the bat had been approved by the umpires  before being used. Today it says Zaidi was reprimanded for its use following the game. All a bit odd.

Title: Re: Black Bat Illegal
Post by: constable.p@gmail.com on August 02, 2016, 10:54:38 AM

Source today, " The Times "   ECB have have told him not to use it again.

Title: Re: Black Bat Illegal
Post by: nat on August 02, 2016, 11:53:33 AM

So what colour(s) are ok?!!!!!!!!!!

ECB - Egocentric Clueless Berks

Title: Re: Black Bat Illegal
Post by: Slogger on August 02, 2016, 11:59:57 AM

I can recollect Barry Richards using a coloured bat in the 1970s in a JPL game. I don't know what colour it was because we only had a black and white telly. The TCCB pretty quickly banned that too.

Title: Re: Black Bat Illegal
Post by: mawallace on August 02, 2016, 12:34:34 PM

The ECB regs read as follows:-

Bats
All colours must be restricted to the top 9 inches (22.9 centimetres) on the face of the blade of the bat. There are no restrictions to the use of house colours on the back or edge of bats.

Title: Re: Black Bat Illegal
Post by: jwb on August 07, 2016, 01:17:55 PM

Interesting article in Sunday Times on Zaidi. Says he hopes to use black bat again on Monday. It's all about his support and promotion of charitable issues in Syria and elsewhere. Also talks about disciplinary issues and the fact he still lives in Manchester and drives an old jalopy.

Title: Re: Black Bat Illegal
Post by: Can the Can on August 07, 2016, 07:38:50 PM

Quote from: jwb on August 07, 2016, 01:17:55 PM

Interesting article in Sunday Times on Zaidi. Says he hopes to use black bat again on Monday. It's all about his support and promotion of charitable issues in Syria and elsewhere. Also talks about disciplinary issues and the fact he still lives in Manchester and drives an old jalopy.

Seen his car where I park my bike.

You hear it first. SCRREECH.

I rather like the fact that a professional sportman has a car that's worse than mine.

Zaidi is clearly our T20 player of the year by a long, long way.

Title: Re: Black Bat Illegal
Post by: Andy on August 07, 2016, 08:44:41 PM

Quote from: jwb on August 07, 2016, 01:17:55 PM

Interesting article in Sunday Times on Zaidi. Says he hopes to use black bat again on Monday. It's all about his support and promotion of charitable issues in Syria and elsewhere. Also talks about disciplinary issues and the fact he still lives in Manchester and drives an old jalopy.

Don't tell me...a battered Beamer or Evo...or rather a make that would've been either of those if it had an upgrade to its engine, chassis and bodywork. Whereabouts in Manchester - I'm guessing not Didsbury?

Title: Re: Black Bat Illegal
Post by: Can the Can on August 07, 2016, 09:39:19 PM

Ashar's car is a piece of crap.

Nowhere near a bmw or Mitsubishi.

I'm not going to tell you what it is, it's not tricky to spot though.

I have no idea where he lives in Manchestarrr, because I live in CM1.

I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.