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 ...

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 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 ...

Every cricketer needs The Right Bat. It's his most trusted companion. Traditionally carved from top-quality willow, famous bat-makers, source the bulk of their willow wood from Kashmir. The coveted ...

When it comes to cricket bats, it may actually be a grass -- not a wood. This is an Inside Science story. The crack of a bat as it strikes a ball is the sound of summer in both the United States and ...

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 ...

Jitesh Sharma explained why India A didn’t send Vaibhav Suryavanshi for the Super Over in their semi-final against Bangladesh A on Friday in Doha. Suryavanshi had scored 38 off 15 balls, including two ...

Professional cricketers have been urged to rethink how many bats they are churning through amid a ‘ cricket bat emergency’ caused by an increasing shortage of willow. MCC recently hosted a conference ...