My thoughts on this Gray-Nicolls UK Alpha Gen 1.0 5 Star

Many thanks to Locky from country South Australia for sending in the bat,
Turns out the dirty grip was him shadow batting with dirty gloves. Either way, it was returned in better condition than sent.
▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Introduction
0.28 - Visit the GN Website
1.03 - Handle
2.30 - Bat Profile
2.50 - Some damage noted
3.10 - Grains and my thoughts on fibre tech sheets
4.32 - Finish of the bat
5.25 - Bow and Guage
6.24 - Dimensions
8.46 - Pickup, Handle length and Weight
10.15 Tap up
11.19 - Conclusion final scuffed appearance.
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[@pentexg1315]

The quality of the reviews is really paying off, appreciate the amount of effort you've been putting in Marc, the sound of the tap up was great, could hear exactly what you were referring to. Keep up the good work mate 👍

[@CricketBatInfo]

Thanks mate. Yep I’m really happy with the sound and colour. Microphone is designed for drums and cymbals so it picks up everything.

[@batsman38]

am so glad your reviews just get better on each and every bat review you do please keep doing them as I find they are very intersting

[@CricketBatInfo]

Thanks Richard. Will do.

[@CricketBatInfo]

Richard, you won the 10k bat and gloves. Please contact me on Facebook, Instagram or twitter

[@lockypayne5916]

Cheers for the review mate really appreciate it top job once again. Hopefully I’ll be able to get a few runs with it this year.

[@CricketBatInfo]

No worries. Sounds like it will go in all the right areas as well.

[@eazye600]

Gray Nicolls stickers have tailed off the last couple of seasons. I checked out the new models for this season and every bat in store in the vapour, supra, nova and delta models have bubbles or the stickers at the bottom of the splice on the backside coming off.

[@CricketBatInfo]

That’s really disappointing. Surely someone in GN 🇬🇧 needs to get on a plane and visit India and sort this out.

[@eazye600]

@@CricketBatInfo they are the Aus models, currently being sold in GCCC.

[@rotorua4587]

💯 second that, I’ve been down to the stores that stock grey nicolls in Melbourne and the stickers have been done poorly I asked some of the staff about it and they said it’s normal for grey nicolls stickers to come off near the splice, I don’t understand why they sticker them near the splice if it’s normal they always start coming off.

[@zohaibkhawaja5028]

Incorrect information about the letter engraved on the bat maker being from India. I got 4 bats from UK Gray Nicolls and all had the engraved letters by the specific bat maker.

[@CricketBatInfo]

So your saying they do it for every English market bat that is engraved? You don’t think they have engraving in the indian factory? Please provide more information.

[@Jahmed163]

The bubbling on lables is common issue on these. Both my Pro Performance Vapour and Vapour 1.3 Players got bubbles on labels.

[@CricketBatInfo]

That’s pretty ordinary. I tried i fix this one, and it’s impossible.

[@fakestreetspirit]

Interesting example of this range. The only Alpha I saw this year was a light 4 star and it was much fuller than this. I wonder if the heavier willow is reserved for long handles due their relative scarcity. GN in the UK are living off reputation - you tend to see more youngsters with MH and NB (and Chase) in Oxford where I play.

[@CricketBatInfo]

That’s an interesting observation. GN UK no longer manufacture bats. I can imagine in the 70s and 80s they were making locally. Support for local makers is strong it sounds. Here in Australia its the opposite. I’d say GN is very strong locally. Never see MH here.

[@mbzinfpt]

@@CricketBatInfo oh they do have made in england bats. I almost ordered alpha gen 1.0 from their website. They mentioned MIE. It is just very hard for me to buy a bat online without handling it.

[@sadduisalive]

Hi, first time watching your video. It was quite informative. just wanted to know, Is there a quality difference between the Aussie ,English and Indian made Gray-Nicolls bats?

[@randyschwaggins]

From my understanding...if you are talking about bats that most of us can buy....even upto what is described as 'players grade'...the simple fact that is that the willow is all from trees in England and sold to a Co like GN by a major willow provider. Then the willow is sent to various factories in England, India and Aus. In England the GN factory will be their own but in India and Aus it could be that the factory is producing bats for different bat companies. For GN though I think the Aus factory is exclusively GN. That can lead to the argument that GN bats made in England or Australia may be produced with a better finish and attention to detail than those bats produced in a non-exclusive factory in India.

[@sadduisalive]

thanks.. good to know@@randyschwaggins

[@mbzinfpt]

Looks like back foot delight. 2lb 8oz would have been great. How do you rate it against Grey Nicolls XP70 you reviewed earlier for back foot player?

[@CricketBatInfo]

Cannot remember this bat so xp70 wins

[@lordmorley7561]

You mentioned that the grip was dirty, I personally hate white grips, and they seem to be on a massive percentage of this season's bats. I hope that next season's bats will feature less white grips - red, blue, yellow would be welcomed, even black would be good. What do other viewers think?

[@CricketBatInfo]

I agree and rather that trimming weight and giving us grips that fall apart, make them durable.

[@lordmorley7561]

Totally agree. Thank you for the reply. Regards, L M ( nrn)

[@utkarsh029]

whats the difference between irish willow and english willow on performance basis?

[@CricketBatInfo]

Irish is not cricket bat willow.

[@kartikpatel24]

He must be a tall !! But the question is wouldn't the bat speed increase if it was a short blade? Also again you have presented an amazing review!👏👏👏

[@CricketBatInfo]

Shortblades do swing easier. You have to think about generating bat speed in terms of pickup and swing. Do a search on the internet for the original Mongoose videos Stuart Law did. He explained it perfectly kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z36tqqt3q5qhbpI

[@lockypayne5916]

I’m fairly upright in my stance, I do also have a short handle bat that i really like but I’m 6.6ft and I’ll probably end going to a long blade with a long handle eventually.

[@kartikpatel24]

@@lockypayne5916 you might need to give it a try sooner than later to see how it effects your batting!

[@darrenchandler8128]

Hey mate. I’ve got a GN vapour gen 1.0 players edition that I got from the same place as this guy did. Only been used in the nets a few times. Would u be interested in reviewing that one?

[@CricketBatInfo]

Thanks for the offer, but i’m really looking for unused bats unless historically significant. Happy with it?

[@darrenchandler8128]

@@CricketBatInfo yeah. I got a gn ultra 2000 at the same time to try both and I liked the vapour a lot more. Pick up was better and ping was better. The ultra was still a good bat. But the vapour was better in almost every way. For me anyway

[@aarongregory9063]

Hey hi, how are you. Where can I get these kinds of Gray Nicolls bats in India

[@CricketBatInfo]

Having personally spent no time there I don’t know. Found a list of retailers here help.gray-nicolls.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/360011696360--India-distributor

[@CricketBatInfo]

I used to know a manufacturer, but cannot remember. Just be careful of fakes.

[@CricketBatInfo]

This video says the city in the description kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6K7lmudl5mciM0

[@CricketBatInfo]

Here you go. GN Factory address vymaps.com/IN/Gray-nicolls-India-147558372344801/

[@iluilu8732]

love from Bangladesh

[@CricketBatInfo]

Thankyou

[@iluilu8732]

@@CricketBatInfo my pleasure... Plz come and visit Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@asjidabbas1473]

Is Ca plus 15000 better than this bat

[@CricketBatInfo]

I don’t do comparisons. Used a CA 15000 and it works well. Never used this bat.

[@grantcarncross5380]

I love GN bats but on the English models, the stickers on the back are getting way to busy.

[@CricketBatInfo]

Yeah i personally like to see more willow.

[@grantcarncross5380]

@@CricketBatInfo another great review.

[@liamgriffiths3911]

Just don’t rate Uk gn’s never picked one up and thought I like that, and they’re not cheap either

[@CricketBatInfo]

Comments on here appear to follow this theme. Willow looked bleached too. I’m sure it would perform fine.

[@rupammedhi9943]

Hey mark, where art thou?

[@CricketBatInfo]

Letting down my hair. Still recovering mate. I was very sick this year.

[@rupammedhi9943]

@@CricketBatInfo ok.. get well soon and come back even more harder✌

[@asjidabbas1473]

FUN FACT :I THINK YOUR TABLE HAVE MORE GAINS THAN THIS BAT 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CricketBatInfo]

I don’t see how i can run between wickets wielding a 1.8 m long 30 kg manual sit stand desk. Can certainly block out an over.