One of the cheaper bats on display at The Cricketer's testing day, it outperformed its initial impression, with most of the scepticism focused on the diameter of the handle.
RRP: £200
Weight: 2lb 8oz
Edges: 39mm
Kookaburra have gone full retro with the Bubble, taking us back to the late 1990s and early noughties with a design that split the crowd.
RRP: £225
Weight: 2lb 8oz
Edges: 36mm
It doesn't come cheap, with a recommended retail price of £390, but – in the grand scheme of bat prices these days – you wouldn't be wasting your money on a dud.
RRP: £240
Weight: 2lb 8oz
Edges: 38mm
No one could question the quality or generosity of the middle, while its weight – 2oz 9lb – allowed a broad spectrum of strokes.
RRP: £240
Weight: 2lb 9oz
Edges: 38mm
You wouldn't walk out to bat with this all day in midsummer temperatures, but you might call for it with a couple of overs remaining and boundaries needed.
RRP: £250
Weight: 2lb 13oz
Edges: 43mm
At 2lb 9oz, it wasn't overly heavy and, with edges approaching four centimetres, there was plenty of wood behind each stroke. The quality out of the middle was undeniable.
RRP: £250
Weight: 2lb 9oz
Edges: 38mm
Not the lightest pickup in the world and a low middle, but if those things are your cup of tea and if you play your cricket on a low deck, then you could do worse than join Virat Kohli.
RRP: £265
Weight: 2lb 9oz
Edges: 41mm
The somewhat plain design doesn’t mark the Volante R7 out as an especially edgy product but it earned plaudits for its pick-up, especially given a weight of 2lb 10oz.
RRP: £280
Weight: 2lb 10oz
Edges: 38mm
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