Cricket bat refurbishment and repair

Give your bat a second innings.

Cleaning, repairs, toe guards, grips and custom VEX stickers. Based in New Zealand.

See our work View pricing

Our work

A few recent refurbs and repairs.

Before: bat face stained red and brown, with cracks near the toe and old tape on the toe Before
After: the same bat face sanded back to clean pale willow with a new blue grip After
Before: bat back and edge stained and splitting, with an old Fantail Revamp sticker Before
After: the bat back cleaned up and covered in fibreglass mesh facing After

Full clean combo

Back and front restored.

Before: bat face sanded back on the workbench, showing a long crack running up from the toe Before
After: the same bat face repaired and covered in fibreglass facing After

Blade repair

Delamination fixed and the face made good.

Cricket bat blade with black honeycomb VEX stickers in orange and silver-grey, and VEX lettering on the edge

Fresh VEX stickers

The V on the shoulders and VEX down the spine.

Bat lying on a workbench with fibreglass facing across the blade and a toe guard on the toe, rolls of facing tape behind

Fibreglass facing and toe guard

Facing and edge tape for extra protection, plus a basic toe guard.

Pricing

Blade repair prices depend on the damage.

VEX Cricket services and prices in NZD
ServicePrice (NZD)
Face clean (front only)$50
Full clean combo (back + front)$110
Full delamination / blade repair$40 to $90
Weight reduction$70
Fibreglass facing + edge tape$40
Chemical formula toe guard$40
Grips$15
Stickers$45
Binding strip$30

The VEX story

VEX Cricket began with two players who wanted affordable bat repairs and refurbs, so we set out to offer them ourselves. Today we work out of a garage and a home office, giving tired bats a second innings. Our goal is to build something for the cricket community, one bat at a time.

Want something done?

Message us with a few photos of your bat and what you would like done, and we will get back to you with a quote and a time.

Email vex.cricket@gmail.com Instagram @vex.cricket