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What Cricket Bat Does Ellie Johnston Use?

A Kraken Cricket bat of course! Kraken Cricket in Adelaide. Ellie Johnston first reached out to Kraken cricket back in early 2020 as an up and coming young cricketer looking to break into the Brisbane Heat WBBL. And we at Kraken Cricket bats have been her bat provider and preferred Cricket brand Ellie Johnston uses.

Firstly check to see if your bat needs another coat of oil. To do this, using a reasonable amount of pressure, run your thumbnail up the blade of the bat, from the toe to just below where the front sticker is. If there is a tiny speck of oil where your thumbnail is, there is enough oil. However, if there is no oil the blade will need to be oiled again.

Once you've purchased the right cricket bat to suit your needs, the next step is to prepare it for use and to learn how to maintain it. There are two steps to preparing a cricket bat, oiling and knocking it in. Take a look below at the step by step guide to these two processes.