Comments on: The new beast: The beginning of the end? http://www.sportsleader.co.za/readerblog/2010/03/29/the-new-beast-the-beginning-of-the-end/ Thu, 17 May 2012 14:09:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Twitter Trackbacks for Sports Leader » Reader Blog » The new beast: the beginning of the end? [sportsleader.co.za] on Topsy.com http://www.sportsleader.co.za/readerblog/2010/03/29/the-new-beast-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-8005 Twitter Trackbacks for Sports Leader » Reader Blog » The new beast: the beginning of the end? [sportsleader.co.za] on Topsy.com Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:57:44 +0000 http://www.sportsleader.co.za/readerblog/2010/03/29/the-new-beast-the-beginning-of-the-end/#comment-8005 [...] Sports Leader » Reader Blog » The new beast: the beginning of the end? www.sportsleader.co.za/readerblog/2010/03/29/the-new-beast-the-beginning-of-the-end – view page – cached The news that Mathew Hayden will be wielding a new weapon in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) came as little surprise. While the shape of cricket bats has remained constant over hundreds of years, technology has seen the modern bat have greater hitting power, a bigger sweet spot and a lighter pick-up. It was inevitable that at some stage there would be a leap away from the norm, as there... Read moreThe news that Mathew Hayden will be wielding a new weapon in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) came as little surprise. While the shape of cricket bats has remained constant over hundreds of years, technology has seen the modern bat have greater hitting power, a bigger sweet spot and a lighter pick-up. It was inevitable that at some stage there would be a leap away from the norm, as there was with attempts at metal bat designs in the late 1970’s, and a new generation bat would appear. However, I fear that the emergence of this new beast is a step in the wrong direction. View page Filter tweets [...] […] Sports Leader » Reader Blog » The new beast: the beginning of the end? www.sportsleader.co.za/readerblog/2010/03/29/the-new-beast-the-beginning-of-the-end – view page – cached The news that Mathew Hayden will be wielding a new weapon in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) came as little surprise. While the shape of cricket bats has remained constant over hundreds of years, technology has seen the modern bat have greater hitting power, a bigger sweet spot and a lighter pick-up. It was inevitable that at some stage there would be a leap away from the norm, as there… Read moreThe news that Mathew Hayden will be wielding a new weapon in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) came as little surprise. While the shape of cricket bats has remained constant over hundreds of years, technology has seen the modern bat have greater hitting power, a bigger sweet spot and a lighter pick-up. It was inevitable that at some stage there would be a leap away from the norm, as there was with attempts at metal bat designs in the late 1970’s, and a new generation bat would appear. However, I fear that the emergence of this new beast is a step in the wrong direction. View page Filter tweets […]

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