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 ...

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 ...

Unlike modern tennis or badminton racquets, the cricket bat is still strictly made of wood. Other tweaks though allow those massive hits Cricket has advanced in so many ways but the equipment used by ...

With an estimated 2.5 billion fans globally, cricket is one of the most popular sports in the world. Having originated in 16th century England, the sport spread to several English colonies where it ...

Microsoft deepened its connection to cricket and continued its edge computing push on Thursday, announcing a new smart cricket bat developed in partnership with Indian cricket legend Anil Kumble. The ...

Cricket has advanced in so many ways but the equipment used by players has only seen minor changes. The bats Ranji and Bradman played with hundred years ago are not fundamentally different from those ...