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[procricket]

Agree Tim
 This I abit extreme but this is grade one crown willow and if I'm honest it not the best looking crown willow

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[himanshuvohra]

according to me, it should look like this...

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=28166.msg442251#msg442251

[Fearless Fly]

my personal view is that the look of a grade 1 is irrelevant if it goes like a train! I would rather a cleft rated on performance rather than look as you can get bats that look perfect but are brown bread when it comes to performance

[ProCricketer1982]

my personal view is that the look of a grade 1 is irrelevant if it goes like a train! I would rather a cleft rated on performance rather than look as you can get bats that look perfect but are brown bread when it comes to performance

but how do you measure 'performance' of a bat? tapping a ball up, mallet are really exact science.. At some point it's just a leap of faith and a bit of luck.

[MD2812]

my personal view is that the look of a grade 1 is irrelevant if it goes like a train! I would rather a cleft rated on performance rather than look as you can get bats that look perfect but are brown bread when it comes to performance

I like it graded on looks.

Means on here we know when the forum sponsors have got fresh hand picked wood from a supplier.

Then you can go and get a bat which is top performance, for grade 3 prices!