Inside Gray-Nicolls and the past, present and future of cricket bat-making - BEHIND THE SCENES: 150 years since cricket bats were first made in Robertsbridge, Harry Latham-Coyle visits the East Sussex ...

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 ...

A recurrent grumble during the recent England–India series concerned the state of the Dukes ball, with fingers pointed in every direction – including at the Aberdeen Angus cows who supply the leather.

Eight Ash Green Cricket Club in Colchester is planting trees at the edge of its waterlogged pitch to provide wood for cricket bats.

The willow from Farndon Willow Holt produces "strong durable timber", Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust said Timber from trees in a nature reserve in Nottinghamshire has been harvested to produce cricket ...

Kashmir's cricket bat industry faces crisis as declining willow production threatens livelihoods and manufacturing units.

It has been dubbed “the cricket bat emergency”, as the price of bats has skyrocketed over the past few years. According to the managing director of D&P Cricket, Paul Borst, a top bat from this leading ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts explain the price increases for cricket bats made from English willow. It has been dubbed “the cricket bat emergency”, as the price of bats has skyrocketed over the past few years. According ...

Timber from trees in a nature reserve in Nottinghamshire has been harvested to produce cricket bats. The Farndon Willow Holt reserve, near Newark, has produced a crop of cricket bat willows which will ...