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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

University of Technology Sydney provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Ahead of the start of the 2018-19 Big Bash League season comes news of a radical change that will bring a ...