The First Cricket Bat. A cricket bat is used by batsmen in the sport of cricket cricket bat is usually made of willow wood its use is first mentioned in 1624. For andrew kember master bat maker at salix that lineage begins with lj nicolls one half of gray nicolls under whom len newbery worked in the early part of the 20th century.
Various companies have over the years tried new shapes that come within the laws of the game to make a name for themselves and to improve sales. And it was with newbery that a young kember got his first break. Traditionally the bat is made from willow.
The process changed by the late 1800s when bat manufacturer cc bussey from england used the sapwood trees.
However in terms of its bulk and thickness the heaviest bat ever used for playing top flight cricket is by former south african all rounder lance klusener. Cricket is a bat and ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22 yard 20 metre pitch with a wicket at each end each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps the batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat and running between the wickets while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this by. As mentioned earlier a cricket bat length cannot exceed 38 cm 965mm as per rules formulated in 1835. The process changed by the late 1800s when bat manufacturer cc bussey from england used the sapwood trees.
