Re: Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??
Reply #1166 –
No big deal. Just use bats that are legal.
I suppose so.
But I know at the highest levels of many sports the top professionals swap and change bats, rackets, clubs, etc., etc.. as way of getting their timing and power right. If they think on the day their swing/stroke is a bit late or early they'll swap to get something with a slightly different weight or balance to compensate. Tennis is probably the most obvious case, I recall golf was like that although I am not sure if variable weights are still legal in golf clubs but they used to be tuned up after the practice rounds. Other sports like hockey, baseball, even billiards and snooker the top level players have equipment with weights, tensions or tolerances either side of the ideal that they swap between on the day.
I wouldn't be surprised to find cricketers doing much the same.