The change allows laminated bats to be used in recreational cricket, making them "more affordable".

SOME of the world's top cricketers will soon be playing with bats made from wood grown in North Yorkshire. The historic Newburgh Priory Estate, near Coxwold, not far from York, has been growing ...

Nestled amid 73 tweaks to the laws of cricket last month was a change to the very nature of bats that many hope will arrest a ...

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 ...

SANGAM, India (AP) — Lines of shops display neat stacks of willow wood along a nondescript motorway in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Sangam village. Behind the shops are small manufacturing units, where ...

A Hampshire bat maker which supplies some of the world's top cricket brands and players has been acquired by a master willow grower, taking the manufacturing process "from sapling ...

This marks a fascinating intersection of the natural world, literary heritage, and the sport of cricket, given also Soulton Hall's historical connection to Thomas Lodge’s Rosalynde, the source ...

Originating in the villages of England, cricket has grown into a global sport loved by many. As British influence spread across continents, cricket found new homes in places like India, Australia, and ...

Kashmir’s iconic willow — long prized for crafting cricket bats — is facing stiff competition, not from the bowlers but the faster-growing poplars that promise quicker and more predictable returns to ...

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 ...