| Where do you start when choosing a cricket bat for | | | | six foot tall or over then you will probably be more |
| the first time? If you have never had to purchase a | | | | comfortable with a long handle bat. This as the name |
| cricket bat before it is a task which could be a little | | | | suggests just has a slightly longer handle so that the |
| daunting. For starters, there are funny sizes starting | | | | player doesnât need to stoop so much to |
| with numbers and then changing to names and handle | | | | hold the cricket bat and play shots. Some |
| lengths. Then there is the type and grade of willow | | | | manufacturers offer Long Blade models instead, |
| to consider and finally the shapes of the bats. | | | | where the handle is the same as a normal sized adult |
| So first things first, work out which size of bat you | | | | cricket bat but the blade itself is slightly longer than |
| need. If you are an adult and are less than six foot | | | | on a standard cricket bat, making it the same size as |
| tall then you will probably want a short handle bat, | | | | a long handle bat in total. |
| which is the standard adult size cricket bat. If you are | | | | |