mongoose bat
The Mongoose MMi3
15% more bat speed
20% more power
Players sponsored by the Mongoose cricket bat
* Matthew Hayden
* Andrew Symonds
* James Anderson
* Stuart Law
* Dwayne Smith
* Chamara Kapugedera
* Ian Blackwell
* Tino Best
* Lou Vincent
* Azhar Mahmood
About the Bat
The Mongoose MMi3
* Evolutionary step that gives unparalleled attacking advantage
* Revolutionary design hits faster, harder, further
* The shot that got you four now gets you six
* Conforms to MCC Laws
* 20% more power than a conventional bat
* 15% more bat speed
* Sweet spot more than twice the size of a conventional bat
* Massive edges from shoulder to toe
How to use it
With a Mongoose bat you’re packing unprecedented power that will give you the edge in Twenty20: more fours, more sixes, more balls out of the ground. But how do you make the best use of its innovations and which is the best Mongoose for you?
Thanks to its elongated handle and shortened blade, the Mongoose’s bat-speed is faster than any of its rivals. Working like a golf club, the head of the bat catches up with the hands at the point of impact, resulting in a whip effect through the ball. This allows you to select your shot later, or change it in a split second, putting you at a crucial advantage over the bowler.
This extra bat-speed also means players can choose a Mongoose that is a couple of ounces heavier than the conventional bat they will have used. For example, players who use a 2lb 8oz traditional bat will probably feel comfortable using a 2lb 10/11oz Mongoose.
Considering its striking appearance, you may be surprised how similar the Mongoose feels to a conventional bat. Close your eyes and the chances are you won’t feel any difference.
As Michael Brown, the Surrey opening batsman says, “The Mongoose helps players to keep their shape for longer in a stroke”. As a result, the Mongoose encourages classical stroke play. More technical, more accurate. So, players don’t need to slog across the line to hit the ball hard, they just need to keep their head down and hit through the ball.
This is reassuring given the trajectory of Twenty20 scores. The totals are climbing all the time – and not as a result of slogging. It’s the skilled batsmen who are hitting harder for longer – witness AB de Villiers’ recent 105 not out from 54 balls in the IPL, with his second 50 coming from just 16 deliveries.
We can’t promise you will ascend to these heights. But if you have the skills, the Mongoose will maximise your runs better than any other bat.
How to get the most out of a Mongoose
Hold the bat in the same way you would hold any bat. Play shots you would play with any bat. Hit the nets with your new Mongoose (ideally against a bowling machine) and just get used to the extra power that allows you to hit balls harder, later in the shot.
Concentrate on timing the ball. Don’t just watch the ball, watch the seam of the ball. Play your favourite shots and witness the improvement in performance that the Mongoose provides. The Mongoose has a sweet spot
120 per cent bigger than a conventional bat. So back yourself to hit the ball and the bat will take care of the rest.
Don’t try and hit the ball too hard. Practice any shot you might usually play, especially defensive shots. You probably won’t notice any difference in the bat’s abilities to defend balls on the front foot or on the back foot.
In match situations, the same applies. The bat is approved by the MCC to be used in every level of the game, worldwide. So just enjoy the added power, the bigger sweet spot. Stuart Law, the Australian legend, says that with a Mongoose he mostly doesn’t even feel the ball on the bat such is sweetness of the middle.
Despite its vaunted properties, don’t imagine simply turning up at the crease with a Mongoose will let you hit every ball into the car park – unless you’re Viv Richards.
How it works
Twenty20 distilled cricket down to a new essence, with a simple tactic: attack the ball at all costs to score as many runs as quickly as possible. The Mongoose is an attacking response to the way Twenty20 is played and is as startling an innovation as Twenty20 cricket itself. The Mongoose hits harder than conventional bats. It combines bat-speed and a unique weight distribution to increase the collision between bat and ball.
So how does it work?
The bat’s extra power comes from increased rigidity in the blade and increased flexibility in the handle – so you can hit further and harder.Its blade is 33 per cent shorter than a conventional bat and the handle is 43 per cent longer. This allows increased leverage that makes the bat quicker and easier to manoeuvre, allowing you to select your shot later, or change it in a split second.
Scentists call it the bat’s MMi, or ‘mass and moment of inertia’. It determines the amount of effort required by the batsman not only to swing, but also control the bat during the swing. This makes the Mongoose a lighter, harder-hitting bat. And while it looks different to a conventional long-blade bat, when you pick it up its weight and handling feel pretty much the same.
The splice, usually located in the blade of the bat, is incorporated into the handle, which ensures there is no dead spot in the hitting area of the bat.
The Mongoose also reconfigures the shoulders by dropping them down nine inches. The weight taken from the shoulders – about 20 per cent of the blade weight – is redistributed to the back of the new, shorter blade. This allows the sweet spot to double in size, including in the previously defensive toe area, and for the profile of the bat to be increased throughout, with a redistribution of weight across a greater area of the bat.
With a Mongoose you’re packing unprecedented power that will give you the edge: more fours, more sixes, more balls out of the ground.
And in Twenty20, that makes you the winner.
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Deep Science
In this study a set of four cricket bats provided by Mongoose Cricket were tested for a set of three mechanical properties. These properties are known to be related to the performance of the cricket bats in terms of pick up weight, feel, vibrations, and energy imparted to the cricket ball.
A set of three Mongoose MMi3 short-blade cricket bats, were tested and compared to a bat of equivalent quality with a more traditional design (Woodworm) and manufactured by the same bat manufacturer.
The Mongoose MMi3
15% more bat speed
20% more power
Players sponsored by the Mongoose cricket bat
* Matthew Hayden
* Andrew Symonds
* James Anderson
* Stuart Law
* Dwayne Smith
* Chamara Kapugedera
* Ian Blackwell
* Tino Best
* Lou Vincent
* Azhar Mahmood
About the Bat
The Mongoose MMi3
* Evolutionary step that gives unparalleled attacking advantage
* Revolutionary design hits faster, harder, further
* The shot that got you four now gets you six
* Conforms to MCC Laws
* 20% more power than a conventional bat
* 15% more bat speed
* Sweet spot more than twice the size of a conventional bat
* Massive edges from shoulder to toe
How to use it
With a Mongoose bat you’re packing unprecedented power that will give you the edge in Twenty20: more fours, more sixes, more balls out of the ground. But how do you make the best use of its innovations and which is the best Mongoose for you?
Thanks to its elongated handle and shortened blade, the Mongoose’s bat-speed is faster than any of its rivals. Working like a golf club, the head of the bat catches up with the hands at the point of impact, resulting in a whip effect through the ball. This allows you to select your shot later, or change it in a split second, putting you at a crucial advantage over the bowler.
This extra bat-speed also means players can choose a Mongoose that is a couple of ounces heavier than the conventional bat they will have used. For example, players who use a 2lb 8oz traditional bat will probably feel comfortable using a 2lb 10/11oz Mongoose.
Considering its striking appearance, you may be surprised how similar the Mongoose feels to a conventional bat. Close your eyes and the chances are you won’t feel any difference.
As Michael Brown, the Surrey opening batsman says, “The Mongoose helps players to keep their shape for longer in a stroke”. As a result, the Mongoose encourages classical stroke play. More technical, more accurate. So, players don’t need to slog across the line to hit the ball hard, they just need to keep their head down and hit through the ball.
This is reassuring given the trajectory of Twenty20 scores. The totals are climbing all the time – and not as a result of slogging. It’s the skilled batsmen who are hitting harder for longer – witness AB de Villiers’ recent 105 not out from 54 balls in the IPL, with his second 50 coming from just 16 deliveries.
We can’t promise you will ascend to these heights. But if you have the skills, the Mongoose will maximise your runs better than any other bat.
How to get the most out of a Mongoose
Hold the bat in the same way you would hold any bat. Play shots you would play with any bat. Hit the nets with your new Mongoose (ideally against a bowling machine) and just get used to the extra power that allows you to hit balls harder, later in the shot.
Concentrate on timing the ball. Don’t just watch the ball, watch the seam of the ball. Play your favourite shots and witness the improvement in performance that the Mongoose provides. The Mongoose has a sweet spot
120 per cent bigger than a conventional bat. So back yourself to hit the ball and the bat will take care of the rest.
Don’t try and hit the ball too hard. Practice any shot you might usually play, especially defensive shots. You probably won’t notice any difference in the bat’s abilities to defend balls on the front foot or on the back foot.
In match situations, the same applies. The bat is approved by the MCC to be used in every level of the game, worldwide. So just enjoy the added power, the bigger sweet spot. Stuart Law, the Australian legend, says that with a Mongoose he mostly doesn’t even feel the ball on the bat such is sweetness of the middle.
Despite its vaunted properties, don’t imagine simply turning up at the crease with a Mongoose will let you hit every ball into the car park – unless you’re Viv Richards.
How it works
Twenty20 distilled cricket down to a new essence, with a simple tactic: attack the ball at all costs to score as many runs as quickly as possible. The Mongoose is an attacking response to the way Twenty20 is played and is as startling an innovation as Twenty20 cricket itself. The Mongoose hits harder than conventional bats. It combines bat-speed and a unique weight distribution to increase the collision between bat and ball.
So how does it work?
The bat’s extra power comes from increased rigidity in the blade and increased flexibility in the handle – so you can hit further and harder.Its blade is 33 per cent shorter than a conventional bat and the handle is 43 per cent longer. This allows increased leverage that makes the bat quicker and easier to manoeuvre, allowing you to select your shot later, or change it in a split second.
Scentists call it the bat’s MMi, or ‘mass and moment of inertia’. It determines the amount of effort required by the batsman not only to swing, but also control the bat during the swing. This makes the Mongoose a lighter, harder-hitting bat. And while it looks different to a conventional long-blade bat, when you pick it up its weight and handling feel pretty much the same.
The splice, usually located in the blade of the bat, is incorporated into the handle, which ensures there is no dead spot in the hitting area of the bat.
The Mongoose also reconfigures the shoulders by dropping them down nine inches. The weight taken from the shoulders – about 20 per cent of the blade weight – is redistributed to the back of the new, shorter blade. This allows the sweet spot to double in size, including in the previously defensive toe area, and for the profile of the bat to be increased throughout, with a redistribution of weight across a greater area of the bat.
With a Mongoose you’re packing unprecedented power that will give you the edge: more fours, more sixes, more balls out of the ground.
And in Twenty20, that makes you the winner.
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Deep Science
In this study a set of four cricket bats provided by Mongoose Cricket were tested for a set of three mechanical properties. These properties are known to be related to the performance of the cricket bats in terms of pick up weight, feel, vibrations, and energy imparted to the cricket ball.
A set of three Mongoose MMi3 short-blade cricket bats, were tested and compared to a bat of equivalent quality with a more traditional design (Woodworm) and manufactured by the same bat manufacturer.
