Kookaburra Ghost 450 English Willow Cricket Bat

Ghost 450 is latest 2017 design cricket bat developed by Kookaburra cricket. It is mid sweet spot bat with traditional bat profile. This Kookaburra bat is equipped with all new bat features. Bat is equipped with super spine concept in which offer spine height around 56 to 64 mm. This type of high spine along with big edge offers better ping and balance. Further, to improve the bat performance , Kookaburra used the extended sweet spot technique in this cricket bat. This technique optimizes the key parameter of bat like spine, edge and scallop so that player gets maximum hitting zone.
This lightweight English willow cricket bat is made of grade A English willow with clean willow profile. Willow grade and its profile will suit the all round type players performance.
This bat is prepared with 12 piece cane handle with flexible rubber which offers optimized flexibility and rigidity.
Bat handle:
This bat is 12 Piece Sarawak Cane Round Handle for strength and flexibility.The handle comes with a octopus grip giving you a stronger hold and feel when you grip the bat in your hand with your gloves on.
Edge Profile:
Big edge profile which increases from the shoulders and maximises at the sweet spot, generating supreme balance with an extended sweet spot that covers the entire width of the blade.
Spin Profile:
High spine and big edges give this bat a huge hitting area.
Sweet spot:
Kookaburra bats are engineered to maximise the size of the sweet spot, allowing the middle of the bat to be spread further across the blade meaning that off centre strikes perform better.
Bow:
The curve of the bat from the tip of the handle to the end of the toe. Designed to enhance the position of the hands by placing them ahead of the ball, which is essential for good stroke play.
Bat Care:
While these English willow bats are prepared with high quality standard, but player need to care the bat before and after using it. Proper Oiling is very important of a brand new cricket bat. Oiling should be done with bat oiling (Linseed Oil). Make 2 coat of Bat oiling and keep it for 24 hrs. Keep extra oil on toe and edge of the bat. After oiling knocking is very important. Use wooden mallet to knock the bat. Start with gentle hit at toe and edges of the bat. You can increase the impact of mallet based on wood surface. Knocking process should be done at least 48 hrs.