Surely GM should be bale to shape the handle for him, so he doesn't need to faff about with tape?

If Stokes cant get the handle he wants what hope is there for teh rest of

Might want the feel as is exactly like that. Tape gives a different feel to just a thicker made handle etc

TBH I like nice stickers or iconic stickers =.. I will admit awful stickers will put me off... I know it shouldn't...

On the other hand I like the classic M&H stickers but would never buy one due to knowing what teh brand is currently...

They mostly do stickers.

Understandable tbh. I was never that bothered with the details of my bats beyond the stickers until I was using a full size bat. It didnt seem to really matter with junior bats and from his age I assume hes only recently moved up to a big boy bat. That being said surely a Scotland U15 player would have some sort of sponsorship?

£350 from M&H probably is a lowest grade / kashmir bat!

If true shocking!!!!

Hi Jonny,

Hope all is well in Leeds!

Genuinely knocked in, used in nets, and recently introduced to games, hardly used. He's a good technical player, playing for Scotland U15 and by no means a thrasher.

The bat maker agreed with my assessment, which I understand is subjective, but honestly this thing is horrific. I never considered it could be Kashmir or an Asian bat though.

Unfortunately he cannot seem to find proof of purchase, and I've already had it repaired for him as M&H washed their hands. I am intrigued enough to give them a call anyway though as this is not what you expect when you pay £350 for a bat from a premium brand.

Young lads don't seem to do common sense, they will not go into a shop or use a trusted independent bat maker like yourself, they would rather waste lots of money repeatedly buying mail order bats from supposed fancy brands, don't understand it myself.