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[Cricketman]

I'm looking to get a new bat for the upcoming season. I'll be purchasing off eBay, because the prices seem to be pretty good and that I can't find a good cricketshop withing 3 hours of me .

How are the Kookuburra Kahuna's? Thinking of snapping up one of these - KOOKABURRA MAYHEM KAHUNA.Eng.WILLOW CRICKET BAT+T-SHIRT - eBay (item 190290327959 end time Mar-11-09 13:15:00 PDT)

Cheap price, looks pretty legit too. What are some other bats that you guys might recommend?

 

[King Pietersen]

DONT buy on Ebay. The bats are very rarely what they say they are. They may look the part, but if you look closely they're often a different shape to the proper model. That's an awful Kahuna copy, the stickers look nothing like that, they're far too dark, and that's way too cheap for a Kahuna. That bat RRP's at ?150 in the UK, it's a fake. Loads of online cricket stores ship abroad, what's your price range?

 

[Cricketman]

Not much . $100 tops, although I would really not like to spend more then $50. Shipping to the US is very expensive though.

Tbh, the guy has gotten good reviews and the bat looks alright... although i'm no expert.

 

[King Pietersen]

Yeh, you're not going to get anything worth using for that price, especially $50. You'll more than likely get a bat which says it's English Willow but nurtured in India, which means it's basically Kashmir Willow, which frankly is not going to last and then it'll be stickered and called a Kookaburra or whatever, when in actual fact it's just a cheap Indian bit of willow with some cheap Kookaburra rip off stickers on it. What are you going to be using the bat for? Competitive matches?

 

[Cricketman]

Yeah, lots of competition. A few weeks of solid net play in the acadamy and then hopefully will turn up for a few matches down in Chennai and represent a city here in the US again.

 

[King Pietersen]

Oh right, I reckon you'll need to spend a little more then tbh, especially if you want something that'll last. What would be the absolute maximum you could stretch to?

 

[Leggie]

Hmm. That looks too good to be true IMO.

Get a Reebok if you're looking at big hitting I say.

 

[Cricketman]

I don't know, maybe I could use some birthday influence in June for about $150.

 

[King Pietersen]

Hmm. That looks too good to be true IMO.

That's because it is. It's a clear fake, there's no doubt about it. I'm 100% certain it's a fake, the fact Kookaburra don't use English Willow nurtured in India proves it, as does the fact the stickers are poorly coloured.

$150 is definitely alot better I think. You'll be able to pick up something decent with that. Try this for example, if you e-mail the company you can get a price for international shipping, and you'll get yourself a decent bat, GN 4 star's are more than decent, and will do a much better job than that cheap Kookaburra fake.

 

[Cricketman]

Thanks man, although its a stretch it surely does help. :

However, I think I might just get one of those fakes for the fun of it . It's only $12 anyways, what could go wrong?

 

[King Pietersen]

You may as well just buy a blank actual English Willow bat then, probably be cheaper, you'll probably end up with a better bat. Then you can buy the stickers you want from Ebay. You're right though, $12 you may as well, never know it might be alright, just give it a good knocking in before using it and it may turn out well, just don't expect Kookaburra performance . One bloke at my club bought some random DAR bat or something from Ebay for about ?10 and it lasted him a full season and a half before it broke, you can't really break a bat with a forward defensive though tbh

 

[Burnsy1]

it could completely fall apart first shot. Kashmir willow bats tend to have a solid middle but very poor quality. I have a Gray Nicholls powerbow 5 star which cost ?140 or there abouts which is roughly $193. It's pricey for you but you're not going to get anything decent for less that ?100 really. My bat is great quality and has a beautiful middle. light pick-up but allows you to play well timed shots that rocket to the boundary.

 

[King Pietersen]

It's not Kashmir Willow though, it's apparently English Willow, but just nurtured in India. My Kashmir Woodworm didn't crack too easily, and I didn't knock it in. It's only $12, may as well buy it and see what happens, if it breaks, just buy a proper bat. If the cheap Kookaburra's prepared well enough it should last a good few months of use, I just wouldn't expect top quality performance.