Well, I'll return to this thread and tell you that I did buy an Asian bat in the end, and I bought it from a wonderfully helpfull man at a good site called -
www.allroundcricket.co.uk it has a big bow, is bottom heavy and a superb middle. But the best thing is, it's made by a Pakistani firm called H-Direct, and is called a 'Top Banana'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you believe it!? It cost me £25 - yes 25 quid!!!!!! and this season I scored my highest ever score, including a monster 6 over the carpark. It has bright yellow stickers with Top Banana written down the back, and little bananas down the edges, and I love it.