“Hayden likes to play all-round game and, as an opener, he has to play the fast bowlers a lot more than other batsmen. That’s why he prefers to keep the ‘weight’ of his bat slightly up than the actual middle, and prefers a biggest and broadest edges he can get as per the law,” he says.
Kranbhuler makes bats for most Australian cricketers and offers to let off a little factoid of the Australian team. With a huge body and powerful arms, you would expect Hayden to be trotting around with the heaviest bat as well. “Do you know who has the heaviest bat in this team? And before you say anything, it’s not Symonds, he adds hastily. “It’s skipper Ricky Ponting, who uses a 2.12 pound bat!”
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