Procricket, I'll give you £1000 cash if you can get me a Newbery men's bat that has been made in India.You know what you know and seem to think that it is enough, that sadly is not enough, you can never know too much and so while we are all short of complete knowledge you should understand that your opinion is no better than anyone else's. However some facts are ignored, I don't think you can make a bat without machining and pressing it, so one of your bats was not made by the brand, merely shaped and any incredible performance will have to be credited to the bat maker rather than the brand. Since you think I cannot produce a bat that beats the one that has been made by my friend for you as he does for me the challenge has been fulfilled. Surely the idea is to buy, try and review. I'll be willing to let you use some bats in the net to change your mind.