The Mongoose Bat

Some have called it an oar, others think dhobis might find it more handy. A certain butcher from Down Under likes it too.

Marcus Codrington Fernandez, a high-flying advertising executive spent years wondering why despite the ‘cataclysmic’ changes sweeping the game, the cricket bat  has virtually remained the same for more than a century. The result is Mongoose, a strange looking piece of wood (some have described it as an oar, others think dhobis would find it handy). Matthew advertises on the internet (mongoosecricket.com). “The blade is a third shorter, and has no splice like the conventional bats making the sweet spot that much bigger. On a downward swing it imparts the greatest possible whip at the last millisecond,” he says. The damages? £300.

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