MRF Wizard Gold Edition English Willow Cricket Bat - SH
MRF's association with sports in India, especially cricket, goes all the way back to the 1980s. They took it to the next level in the 1990s when some of the world's best batsmen wielded bats by MRF like Brian Lara, Steve Waugh, Sachin Tendulkar and now into the modern day with the likes of AB de Villiers & Virat Kohli.
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Size
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Short Handle - Ideal for players 175cm (5ft 9in) to 188cm (6ft 2in) in Height.
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Willow
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Grade 1+ English Willow. Top quality willow and with top quality clean grain structure, can come with odd minor spec in the main playing area with no affect to performance.
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Handle
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Medium thick SEMI OVAL tapering to ROUND at the top handle. Constructed in top quality 4 piece Singapore Cane with 3 rubber inserts making for great transfer of power into the ball and great feel in the hands.
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Profile
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Mid middle profile with a lovely elongated power zone, a great all round profile for a top to middle order batter with an all round game, good for both front foot and back foot shots
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Edges/Spine
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Akin to modern standards it comes with the big edges close to maxing out and a high spine to maximize value for shots when you middle the ball.
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Middle Position |
Concaving |
 A mid middle profile with the spine remaining quiet high in towards the handle helping the balance and gradually rounding off towards the toe. A powerful all round profile for the full 360 degrees of the field of front and back foot.
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 Slight concaving just to help the pick up whilst keeping the power in the main hitting zone.
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Pick Up |
Bow |
 Because of the mid middle and the higher spines carrying a long way to the top of the blade the pick and feel does perceive to be a tad lighter then the scale weights.
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 Comes with a slightly less than the modern standard level of bow which gets the bat just a tad early onto the ball. Which creates a better angle for the ball bouncing off the bat onto the grass helping it to race further, optimizing value for your shots. But also because its slightly less then the modern level of bow, it can also be helpful in playing the ball late into the ground should the batter want to.
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Face |
Toe |
 The modern flat face design with very minimal camber (rounding). Maximizing edge size for a more disbursed power zone and helping the player with more precise placement in their strokes.
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A semi rounded toe providing extra durability and strength against Yorkers of a rounder toe but keeping the effect of a perceived wider bat that you get with squarer toes giving the player more confidence when looking down on his bat.
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