| A cricket bat is very precious to batsmen. There is | | | | Most people rule out Kashmir wood as being inferior. |
| nothing more exhilarating in a cricket match than to | | | | While this is mostly true, they do hold some value in |
| watch a cover drive or a pull shot race away to the | | | | certain circumstances. If you play your matches with |
| boundary from your bat. The sound of the willow | | | | hard cheap cricket balls with a lot of wax on them, |
| smashing the ball is also very pleasant for the true | | | | you can use a Kashmir willow bat instead of your |
| cricket lover. | | | | English willow bat. The English wood bat is meant to |
| This brings us to an important topic which is to | | | | be used on high quality leather balls without wax. A |
| decide how to select a bat that is right for you. The | | | | hard, cheap, waxed cricket ball can break your English |
| selection process of a cricket bat obviously starts | | | | wood bat in two, especially if it is not seasoned. |
| with your budget. If you are on a low budget, you | | | | English willow bats are however great when you use |
| can only choose from Kashmir willow bats or low | | | | good quality leather balls. They are especially useful if |
| grade English willow bats. If you can however spend | | | | you are one of those batsmen who times and |
| more, you can get quality bats that will give you | | | | pushes the ball rather than have a big whack at it. If |
| brilliant results for a long time. | | | | seasoned well initially, they will last a very long time |
| Kashmir or English Willow | | | | giving you consistent results. |