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 ...

Unlike modern tennis or badminton racquets, the cricket bat is still strictly made of wood. Other tweaks though allow those massive hits Cricket has advanced in so many ways but the equipment used by ...

It has been dubbed “the cricket bat emergency”, as the price of bats has skyrocketed over the past few years. According to the managing director of D&P Cricket, Paul Borst, a top bat from this leading ...

The willow from Farndon Willow Holt produces "strong durable timber", Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust said Timber from trees in a nature reserve in Nottinghamshire has been harvested to produce cricket ...

Bamboo cricket bats are stronger, offer a better 'sweet spot' and deliver more energy to the ball than those made from traditional willow, tests conducted by the University of Cambridge show. Bamboo ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you're a club cricketer, then April brings the start of a new season. Time to dust off the whites, haul the damp covers off the outground wicket and feel the sensation of leather on willow once ...

Jack Konnis makes and repairs bats from a small warehouse in Norwood, Adelaide, including the 2lb 11oz blade used by Australia's opener ...

IN Forestry Commission Bulletin No. 17 (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1946) the cultivation of the cricket bat willow is described. The tree willows are divided into two groups. In the first, the ...