Re: Ashes Controversy - Poms Tape Bats To Avoid Hotspot
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This is a complete blow up IMHO. One of my early bats (Slazenger btw) had a coating called Polyarmour, which was popular at the time. What if this coating were found to diminish the hotspot showing up on edges ? What about pig skin ? Should stuff like this be banned just because it might interfere with the technology upon which DRS is based ? As far as I'm concerned you can put just about any coating (within reason) you like on a bat as long as it still conforms to the legal requirements of bat size, shape etc as has been set down by the MCC/ICC for years (with a notable change to the law regarding the base bat material in 1979/80).
As an ex-bowler, what is more concerning & more akin to cheating is the ridiculous size to weight ratio & sweet spot area of modern bats......
Like this one?. I think this is about a 72-74 Version. I had the '77 version and it had red/white and blue stripe across the front.