Good to see you recovering well,Mark! I think Keeley based the New berry Mjolnir on this shape and handle. I picked up a Blank Bats test sample which I really enjoyed but it was probably scalloped a bit more than the Screaming Cat Pro shape.
Thanks Alex. Lost a lot of weight via diet, then illness. Back on the diet now after putting back a little after release. Appetite is normal. Cut the booze out almost completely since Christmas too.
@@CricketBatInfo awesome news. I was on the 0% beers for a while. Actually no difference and plenty of decent choice nowadays. All my mates converted over too mon-fri! Its a vitamin health drink 0% 🤣😂
Good to see you here again Marc, sorry you have been crook. I hope you have a speedy recovery. As an aside, I have a Charlie French 'Advance' (which I love), bought 16 years ago. I noticed his website has gone. Have you heard anything on the grapevine about him and if he has retired or something? All the best to you and yours mate.
Now this is very much a Legendary bat maker and very much one of the very best if not the best, that’s a debate which will burn forever and yet it won’t be actually proven no matter how you go about it. Let’s instead appreciate the work of a genius and a master craftsman and one of the very best there ever was in this industry and whom so many look to replicate and draw inspiration. The big question long term is will these world class renown bat makers & pod shavers continue where they can compete against the modern day mass manufacturing plants across the world who simply don’t have the same overheads as the likes of say Julian, Andrew, Tim & James have I guess possibly not too long.
Do you know any other off the shelf models that have a similar profile. I saw the lads at laver are doing a bat for Gilchrist's foundation that seems to be based on this profile.
I used a bat called a St Peterbat. Bestbat I ever used. This was an English willow bat, but never got one of my own. Can you she some light on this bat and who made it? The I.D. marks were light blue and black. Next was an SS jumbo, similar style bat.
Hello mark! I really like your videos and you deserve a lot more subscribers. Also which cricket bat would you recommend in the 300 pound price bracket. Also would you recommend bats made in Pakistan. The bat can be of any company and I really look forward to hearing from you.
£300 should buy something decent from most brands if you’re exceptions are measured. Balance and performance over looks. Take that money to a smaller bat maker, assuming your in England and you’re going to be able to have it make to meet your needs. I cannot push any specific brand or model. We are all different
Why use the bat and then retire it, a bat with grains like that should be used. What is the benefit of it sitting around with mud on it, use the weapon man. Great vid
Hey there. Yep I was sick from 27/3 and the in March i went into hospital for 18 days and then again for another 4 days in April. Recovering now and my legs are so weak I’m doing lots of Physio. Got sicker in Hospital and had a couple of medication issues. No idea what caused it but i was very sick and my wife was worried. Still getting tested for illnesses and nothing found. Knee and shoulder joints sore as the immune system was causing my joints to swell. Thanks for asking. Be back making videos soon. Lost my cameras charger and waiting on a replacement.
@@CricketBatInfo the few symptoms you mentioned i m having an impression that you had viral influenza kind of flu.. Have some rest.. you will recover soon..
I spoke to Julian Millichamp on the phone back in 2015. He told me that he no longer makes bats and that he had sold all of his stock and had nothing left. I really wanted another one of his bats so I was quite disappointed that he had gone out of business. He suggested that I get one custom made from either one of his two apprentices that still make bats. James Laver or Paul Bradbury. I opted to go with James Laver and he made me a bat very similar in profile to the Screaming Cat series 1 Professional with a bit more shaved out of the bat to reduce weight. I love the bat and it performs very well. I was still very determined to get my hands on some second hand Screaming Cats so was constantly checking out Ebay and Gumtree until I came across a guy selling a bunch of Screaming Cats he had used as a junior (most of them Harrow's) all of them are the professional grade. Then I came across a guy selling a brand new (never used) Professional Series 1 Screaming Cat. I ended up buying it straight away. He told me he worked at Fox Sports and the bat was given to Fox Sports as part of an interview that Melinda Farrel did with Master bat maker and podshaver Julian Millichamp. You can find the video of that interview here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bTdQv8fCkSc.html In the video at the end of the interview the Host in "Inside Cricket' Brendon Julian picks the bat up and then hands it to Allan Border my childhood idol and he and Mark Waugh discuss the bat and talk about the weight and grains. The bat came in a box with Fox Sport stickers on it. I wonder what it is worth now days??
