Find Out More About Cricket Bats and Cricket Equipment

A number of cricket lovers quarrel regarding the pointdimension of the cricket bat that should be used.
that a bat is a vital cricket equipment. Making runs isDuring that time, cricketers threw underhand. At
not possible without a bat. In this case, thepresent, there is a strict standard for cricket bats.
encounter between batter and bowler is will not beThe blade of the bat should be about 108 mm wide
there. Since, it has highly influenced the game throughand its total length should be 970 mm or even
the years, we though that we will understand theless.there is still no set guidelines regarding the weight
evolution of cricket bats.of the cricket bat. However, on an average, the
Today, cricket lovers can date back the first cricketweight of the bat ranges between1.4 and 1.4 kg .
bats in the year 1624. However, at that time, a batStrangers to the sport might think the bats look
looked like a hockey stick. There is a sad story aboutmore like paddles or short oars, but the amount of
an ill-fated fielder. When he tried to catch a ball afterscience, engineering, and craftsmanship involved in
being hit by the batsman, he was severely hit in themodern bat design is extensive.during the early 1800s
head.willow came to be identified as the ideal bat making
Since the first fatality, in the four hundred years,wood while round-arm bowling was considered as a
other occasion with bats were termed as share ofrule and not as any exceptional move. The similar
injuries. In December 2007, another fatal event tookwood's bark powder has been blustered in the
place.history to be used as the remedy for fever. A
Just during ancient times of the match, there wereparticular hybrid known as cricket bat willow is
no guidelines set to characterize the material, size andcultivated today, in order to produce bats.