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 ...

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

After the resounding success of "What's Inside a Cricket Ball?" it is time for round two of this fascinating series—how are cricket bats made? In his play The Real Thing, the Czech-born English ...

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 ...

For many traditional sports fans, cricket is more a religion than a pastime. In India, the game has never been more popular – well, to be more precise, a new form of the game called Twenty20 (20 overs ...

Cricket balls are the product of centuries of tradition and the extreme physical demands of the game. They must be robust and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cricket has witnessed much innovation over its rich past, but there have been few such as the Mongoose Bat in Cricket that have caused as much controversy and interest. This revolutionary bit of ...

For much of a three-hour rain delay at Wrigley Field on Sunday, Dodgers hitters gathered in the warmth of the stadium’s recently renovated indoor hitting cages. At one point during the elongated ...

Two sights encapsulated the incongruity of the fourth Test. On the first evening, Scott Boland walked out to open the batting ...