About
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Middle & Leg is a UK marketplace for cricket bats, built around one idea: the right bat depends on how you bat, not on who paid for the shelf space.
No one pays to rank
Shortlists and the shop's recommended order are worked out from fit and published specs. No maker can buy a place, and commission rates never touch the score.
Real prices
We show the price the maker publishes on their own site, checked by hand, with the date we checked it.
Honest gaps
If a maker doesn't publish the weight or where the middle sits, we say so, and we ask them before you commit.
How we choose
The fitting asks eight questions. Your answers set a target: a size range, a weight range, where the middle should sit and a budget. Every bat we list is scored against that target, using the maker's published specs:
- Budget counts most. Bats inside it score highest; a bat a little over can still be the stretch pick if it's worth it.
- Size comes next. Women's and junior fittings start from bats made in those sizes.
- Weight and middle: how close the bat is to the weight you like and where you score your runs.
- Detail: bats with fuller published specs and bats used by professionals get a small boost, because there's more to go on.
Then we pick three: the safe pick (best fit in budget), the stretch (a step up, usually from a different maker) and the wildcard (something different, often from a small workshop). Each comes with plain-English reasons.
The home trial and returns
- Ready-made bats can go on a 14-day home trial. The 14 days start when the bat is delivered.
- Pick it up, shadow-bat, check the balance and how it sits at your guard. To send it back, it needs to be unused: no ball contact, no oil, stickers and wrapping intact. That's what lets the next player try it too.
- Returns from the trial are free. We'll send a returns label.
- Made-to-order bats are built for you, so they're not part of the trial. Faulty bats are always covered by your legal rights.
- Nothing is charged until we've confirmed the bat, the weight and the price with the maker, and you've said yes.
Early access
We're new. Right now we confirm every request with the maker by hand, usually within one working day. Listing a maker's bats doesn't mean they've partnered with us yet; where they haven't, we arrange your order with them directly, and tell you if anything's different before you pay.
Privacy
- When you request a bat, we use your name, email, postcode and (if you give it) phone number to arrange that request, and share them with that maker only.
- If you join a drop alert or tick the marketing box, we'll email you about new bats. Every email has an unsubscribe link. If you're under 18, please don't tick the marketing box.
- We count page views and clicks with an anonymous ID stored in your browser. No advertising cookies, no third-party trackers, no selling data.
- Your fitting answers stay in your browser unless you attach them to a request.
- To see, correct or delete what we hold about you, reply to any email from us and we'll do it.