hey guys i open the batting nd the bowling for my team and i have to say that the best bat i have ever had is my new newbery mjolinir 5star,its much better them my v1200 pro nd kahuna icon.i recently brought a newbery navarone but i have a little habit of not being able to use a bat with a round handlei much prefer ova; handles,hey good luck hope u get the sponsership!!!

Bellingham & Smith gets my vote. I ordered my bat direct from B&S this time last year, and it was made to order. Great pick-up and balance with a sweet middle...2lb 12oz...

I'm currently in discussion with B&S about representing them in Northern Ireland.

when are the weight bounderies for light medium and heavy bats

e.g light - 2lb 4 to 2lb 7 ????? 

yeah my mate had a L & V.  He got a few runs with it mbut it didn't last too long.  When he used it he said it raced off the middle, but sometimes he found the sweet spot hard to find.  I personally got myself a fusion at the start of the season.  An astounding cricket bat in its own right, however ahat has really impressed me is the quality of service from the company.  Unforunately I had to dig out a couple of quick yorkers and got some moisture in the toe which caused a bit of a problem, but all it took was a phone call to James and a £5 postage and I got it back brand spanking new in two days!  sent it down again recently when I was worried about some harmless driving cracks and got it back again, same service, free of charge, 2 days.  If Fusion can afford to provide this level of service to their obviously well valued customers, it must be unlikely that they get many dissatisfied customers or damaged bats.

Roddy

I JUST BOUGHT A KOOKA GENESIS THUNDERRRRRRRRRRR..............................NE ONE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT????????????????????????

Agreed.  But I do believe you can get a great gun from certain batmakers more regularly, while others can be a bit of hit and miss at times.  In my book Laver and Wood makes bloody top bats. 

well said marky i agree its a lottery with the big names.

my fusion experience has started i spoke to james yesterday on the phone and am looking forward to a test quality bat. James was so helpful. Whereas I can imagine going directly to one of the major manufacturers and asking for test quality willow and getting a weird look like "who the hell are you pathetic excuse of a human being - you DARE to ask for test match willow!"

I just hope that Fusion keep things the way they are!

There is no such thing as the best of anything!!!You can't say that x is better than y.Well you can but it is only your opinion.It would make much more sense if the topic was called "the most popular bat".If you are looking for out and out performance,sure you can get a good Grays,GM,Hunts,Kooka,but in my experience it's a lottery.By buying a less well known brand you are more likely to get a good bat,as they absolutely have to live or die by their product.I was in a shop yesterday buying a cricket bag.Whilst I was there I had a quick look at the bats,and the bats that caught my eye were the Salix bats.They were all beautifully made,balanced,and just smacked of high quality.That being said I myself have gone for a Fusion Superbest,as I can pick my willow from the same pile as the test players can ,who have their bats made by them.There is no distinction.As far as I know this is unique in the industry as other companies have private reserve stocks for the pros!!

Mark.

i know that newbery use a machine to press the bats, i.e. not the hand pressing that you get from most small companies, e.g. fusion, hawk etc

they use a machine press (i think) becuase they have to make alot more bats than they used to,

im sure that brian lara used there bats once upon a time, but many years ago

Can someone please tell me about Newbery especially regards to pressing. I was told on two occasions I think that Graham Thorpe for example uses (at the time) Newbery with Kooka stickers. Newbery themselves say that several players use their bats.

Thanks