The headline grabber, with it’s distinctive sloping shoulders and enormous profile. By re-distributing the wood away from the shoulders, to the main hitting areas. We create a bigger hitting area for the same weight, whilst retaining a great pick up. This bat will be brutal in the right hands. Bowlers beware!!!!
This bat now conforms to the new bat sizing restrictions, but is still available in the XL profile upon request, please specify when ordering.
Available in weights from 2lb 10 oz.
Michael Allon –
Huge bat, but picks up so light. Best T20 bat out there. Hit some monstrous sixes with it.
Tim –
Got one at about 2’13 but picks up more like 2’11. Pings all over the blade and the thick oval handle at the bottom feels great in the hand. Finishing is also first rate. Had quite a few bats but this one has to be my favourite!
James Payne –
I’ve always loved the idea of using a nice, big short blade/long handle bat and after seeing the IJC review on Youtube for the Blank Bats B20 I got in touch with Tai about getting hold of one and spoke on the phone with him about bats for quite a while – he’s a really passionate, knowledgable guy and after discussing what sort of specs I’m looking for like handle shape, pickup, weight range etc and him sending me a couple of images this little beauty arrived in the post a couple of days later.
When I took it out of the box I was gobsmacked and not just how big this thing is, but how beautiful it is – the finishing is stunning and the quality of the timber is top class – It’s got 15 straight grains that go straight through the bat with half of the heartwood on the inside edge for me.
Weighing 2.12 on the nose including scuff and double thickness chevron, the pickup really is superb – I know a lot of people do like to use the whole ‘it picks up much lighter than it’s weight’ line but it’s definitely true with this bat.
The handle is a reassuringly full oval too which stops the bottom hand from taking over too much – make no mistake this is a bat for scoring quickly but I still play proper cricket shots with it, and you get full value for them.
The thing is a massive piece of wood with 45mm edges, 25mm toe and 18mm shoulders – the concaving is minimal and the spine isn’t very big at all – 58-59mm but the playing area is simply huge and the ping is first class – have just started knocking in with a mallet and I’m seriously excited about using this bat this season, the confidence just looking down at this thing when tapping up is awesome.
Anyone looking for a t20 bat or simply a big bat to smash the ball around – you won’t go wrong with one of these, and Tai’s a top guy to deal with too!