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 ...
If you're a club cricketer, then April brings the start of a new season. Time to dust off the whites, haul the damp covers off the outground wicket and feel the sensation of leather on willow once ...
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 ...