India is home to a number of the top cricket-bat manufacturers, including Sareen Sports, SS. But the wood used to make the highest-quality bats needs to be shipped halfway across the globe from ...

Cricket has undergone a revolutionize transformation, especially in batting style and equipment. The sport today is all about power-hitting, with the batsmen relying on sturdy bats to smash balls long ...

Ever since the 1890s, cricket bat blades have been made of willow wood. According to a new study, however, bamboo bats should offer better performance and a lower environmental footprint, plus they ...

Darshil U. Shah receives funding from ERDF (Interreg France-Channel England) and BEIS. For nearly 200 years, willow has been the principal material used in the production of cricket bats. English ...

The price of willow has forced the MCC to adapt its stance to batmaking Changes are to be made to the Laws of Cricket to permit bats previously deemed illegal in an effort to make the game affordable ...