MCC don't like Punter's Bat!

[marc71178]

Yep, it's crap. They're basically saying that it's the graphite giving him more power

It doesn't read like that to me - it looks to me like the concern is the potential damage to the ball.

 

[chaminda_00]

So you didnt watch the last world cup final. You missed a good game.

Hmm does that innings just prove his theory he hit 8 sixs in that innings.

Compare that to his other big hundred:
123 v SRL (96) - 1 six
145 v ZIM (98) - 1 six
124* v Pak (98) - 0 sixs
129 v RSA (02) - 1 sixs
141 v NZL (05) - 5 sixs

When i first heard this i thought the MCC had no idea what their on about, then i saw this and maybe they have a point.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Its related to the incomprehension of thinking it could ever be done.

Not at all. It's one of the most understandable gripes in cricket. When they start complaining about Symonds' lipstick, that's less comprehendible.

The last thing I want is to see Ganguly in a skirt struggling against bouncers.

Reminds me of that classic cricketing moment - '99 World Cup, when Ganguly famously adjusted his box on international television.

Sehwag in a skirt would mean comfort levels to play all the more freely.

Not for the viewers though.

Paul Adams in a skirt would be all over the place.

That would be fascinating.

Inzamam in a skirt wouldnt make any Pakistani male marry him :S

Not just the Pakistanis.

Andrew Flintoff in a skirt would make the English girls go crazy.

He can do no wrong.

You may finally be able to recognise the difference between the Marshall twins if they wear skirts.

I think Hamish would rock the skirt better.

 

[Pratters]

Not at all. It's one of the most understandable gripes in cricket. When they start complaining about Symonds' lipstick, that's less comprehendible.

What is so understandable about the gripe by the MCC?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

What is so understandable about the gripe by the MCC?

In that it is believable (ie that they could possibly gripe about that). To equate that to them instating skirts as standard uniform is both disturbing and insane.

 

[Pratters]

In that it is believable (ie that they could possibly gripe about that). To equate that to them instating skirts as standard uniform is both disturbing and insane.

I never suggested about skirts, you did

For me its unbelievable that the MCC would go into criticise the bat of Ponting. It may be believable to you.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I never suggested about skirts, you did

For me its unbelievable that the MCC would go into criticise the bat of Ponting. It may be believable to you.

But then you posted:

"And I dont think you thought they would object to fluoroscent stickers."

... which implies an attitude of "anything's possible". I just don't think the offence is significant enough to warrant such a consideration. Stranger things have happened in the game.

 

[Pratters]

I just don't think the offence is significant enough to warrant such a consideration. Stranger things have happened in the game.

Yeah I know stranger things have happened and this is pretty strange too.

Cricket is a funny game but the MCC is funnier.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Cricket is a funny game but the MCC is funnier.

And Whose Line Is It Anyway is even funnier.

Back on topic though. Yeh, so Ricky Ponting's wonder bat ey?

 

[Top_Cat]

I'll just put on my conspiracy theory/anti-Aussie hat for a second and note that Punter used to be a real "tip into the gaps-make the most of limited talent" type player.........

You're kidding; He played his first FC game at 16 and was hitting the ball ever so cleanly right from the word go. If there's one thing Ponting has never had is 'limited talent'. Just about every good judge in the early days pointed him out as a future Test star.

He hasn't been a HUGE hitter of the ball throughout all of his career, given, but he's been a big hitter at Test and ODI level for at least five years of it now. It's not as if he's been transformed into a blurn-hitting machine overnight; he's been doing it for a while now.

It doesn't read like that to me - it looks to me like the concern is the potential damage to the ball.

Really.

In a sign of paranoia just six weeks from the Ashes series, the MCC claims the black graphite used on the back of the Kookaburra bat gives the Australia skipper an unfair advantage in power.

And just about every article I've read says just about the same thing. The damage to the ball is one of the concerns but it doesn't seem to be even the central concern.

 

[Pratters]

The MCC, it's a bit beyond their comprehension.

"I suppose they are worried cricket bats could go all colours of the rainbow.

"Perhaps they should look at the colour of cricket bats but as it stands now, you have no explanation about the colour of the cricket bat."

Ponting's manager Sam Halvorsen was surprised by the MCC's actions.

"Haven't they got far more important issues to deal with?" he said.

Its not comhrehnsible by any standard. Totally shocking, stupid and immature on the part of the MCC

 

[Ming]

Nathan Astle uses this bat too.

 

[benchmark00]

The Poms whinging!?!?!

Why i never!

 

[Neil Pickup]

Meh, MCC, average age 60, can safely ignore them...

 

[Langeveldt]

I say, take Lords and all its toffy nosed tools to a floating platform in the Atlantic, and nuke the hell out of the place.. I am playing the MCC on Monday, will probably keep a low profile to be honest.. They can take their crap back to London with them..

Trent Bridge for HQ!

 

[Langeveldt]

"Never did I imagine that I would be managing the South African side on that balcony.

"I had to go and identify Desmond Tutu (who was refused entry to the Pavilion because he wasn't wearing a tie), and we won another kind of victory when we hung our flag over the balcony after they told us we couldn't do it

Madness..

 

[Top_Cat]

Meh, MCC, average age 60, can safely ignore them...

Don't they control the direction of the Laws? If so, it's not safe at all to ignore them. in fact, it's just about a cricketing call-to-arms.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Well

I'll just put on my conspiracy theory/anti-Aussie hat for a second and note that Punter used to be a real "tip into the gaps-make the most of limited talent" type player.........

and lately hes been depositing the ball into the stands like Viv Richards

co-incidence?

Where did all that power come from?

He may have been a 'tip in the gaps' -type player when he was 12. I'm not sure what game you've been watching the past 5 or so years, Punter plays the pull shot well and always has.

 

[Son Of Coco]

It doesn't read like that to me - it looks to me like the concern is the potential damage to the ball.

The graphite won't make contact with the ball though will it, unless he uses the back of the bat.

Personally I wouldn't think the graphite inserts would make much difference to the ball. However, if the MCC are concerned and it does get banned I don't think it'll affect things one way or the other really. They're not something that provide a huge advantage.

 

[Top_Cat]

Yeah exactly I just realised myself the graphite was on the back of the bat! (I wondered how they were hiding it on the front; graphite is black, of course). This makes their concerns even stupider considering the ball makes no contact with the graphite at all!