The Bat Doctor

Followers of this blog will know of the cricket gear purchased from Super Sports in Preston recently (see blog of April 14). Well cricket bats are pressed from wood and are prone to cracking and splitting. When what seemed like a small crack appeared in the splice of the bat (getting a bit technical here!) we motored over to Preston to see Mushy in his shop.

He had a good look at it and diagnosed the fault as some glue coming loose and not a split or crack. He explained that if that was the case the crack/split would go through from the front of the bat to the back.

He then spent ten minutes vary carefully re-glueing the bat - he's not known as the Bat Doctor for nothing - and tested the bat himself, exerting his weight on it. My son was informed just to carrying on using the bat and not be afraid of it splitting or cracking - because it shouldn't. If it did we were just to bring it back and he'd replace it.

Super Sports import bats from Pakistan to their own specifcation - the owners go out to witness the pressing process personally In the Palace Shield cricket league based around Blackpool and Preston it is unusual to see cricketers using anything other than a Super Sports bat these days.