Anyone know much about cricket?

[Over Carl]

A mate of mine owed me a score and lumbered me with these bats. Have I been done or got a bargain? (No real desire to keep them myself).

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[flukesy]

Any info or dates on them?

[flukesy]

I can see Martin bicknell and andy caddick. And 99/00 on them. England team? They both would have been in the squad around then but more likely to have been from the county circuit. I'll ask a couple of my pals if they can identify the autographs.

[beaconboy]

I would say the middle bat is from the 1999 Natwest trophy semi-final team of Somerset .....It was played on 14/8/99 and Caddick played for Somerset at that time ........

[beansontoast]

Could be Surrey too. The Hollioake brothers are on one of them, the younger brother Ben died in 2002.

Whatever signatures, I think they're worth £20 easily it's just a matter of who would buy them. Probably best to sell them as a job lot.

[beaconboy]

The 1st bat i am confident is Surrey 2001-2002 side as Ed Giddings is there and he only played one season for them .....on it i can see martin bicknell and adam hollyoak who were both in the Surrey side at the time ....They won the Benson & Hedges cup that season so it could be from then ??

[Over Carl]

MAny thanks to everyone who's tried to decipher them upside down! Sorry I was in a rush last night.

I'm thinking I need to figure out all the signatures and get them on the bay - I thought the bats alone without sigs must be worth a score to someone who needs them, but glad to get your opinions.

[blaggard]

I would suggest using a proper auction room in a specialist sale, they have to be worth way more than £20 so get a sporting memorabilia specialist to take a look and advise. Most decent auction rooms have an online element to their sales so eBay with all its associated problems will be best avoided.