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***Official*** Pakistan in Australia 2016/17
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vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
I grew up playing against Warner, and I'd never seen anything like it in terms of pure pace off the bat, and that was using an Impala as an Under 17.
TNT
Banned
Really, I don't think he would average more than 2 if you made him wear a blindfold.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Surely Handscomb keeps if Wade bowls.
Debris
Well-known member
Didn't Tendulkar have basically the same bat in the 90s? I know he used a massive bat.
TNT
Banned
Yeah edges never went for four runs in the 90's. Those guys in the 90's only ever hit the middle of the bat, wow they were the days.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Probably the same size, but Warner's weighs less.
indiaholic
Well-known member
Nowhere near that size.
indiaholic
Well-known member
Debris
Well-known member
I tried to get some pictures with better comparison.
No doubt Warner's bat is thicker in the centre but the difference is not that huge. I think he would have been OK with using Tendulkar's bat
OverratedSanity
Well-known member
His bat isn't as heavy as it should be, though, that's the difference. He wouldn't be able to swing through the line as easily as he does or generate the same insane batspeed.
Discussion is irrelevant though, since unless I'm missing something, Warner isn't actually playing in the 1990s.
indiaholic
Well-known member
Compare the size of the edges in the image below. Tendulkar's bat was probably heavier though:
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
He wouldn't have, because Tendulkars was a good few ounces heavier.
TNT
Banned
Why wouldent he have, Warner is much stronger than Tendulkar and there is nothing to suggest he would not have adjusted to any size/weight bat and still performed just as good. How did you come up with this, is it just a wild guess or have you watched Warner struggle with a different size/weighted bat, how could you possibly know this?.
indiaholic
Well-known member
Bat weight is rarely a strength issue. Tendulkar did not use a heavier bat because he was strong, it was because he was used to a certain weight. Same with Warner, i suppose.