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A good article on Cricinfo today about the historical development of bats. Nothing we haven't heard before, but well written and doesn't mention nonsense about soft pressing even once: http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/1080665.html

A thought - willow is getting more and more expensive, and we're always being told the best stuff is getting harder and harder to come by. Could we yet see the day where cricket bats go composite, a la hockey sticks? Cricket must be the last major bat/racquet type sport to only allow wooden hitting implements.

[swark]

Thanks for the comment - I have left a question on the "Weapon of Mass Destruction" thread that you may be able to help with. 

[Dunamis Cricket]

Cricket must be the last major bat/racquet type sport to only allow wooden hitting implements.

Baseball - MLB Rules state the following; The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2.61 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches in length. The bat shall be one piece of solid wood.

other than that though, I don't think there is any more!

From what I've read Mythbusters disproved any improvement in performance when the bat was filled with cork? maybe this would be the same for cricket bats one day - who knows?

[edge]

Baseball - MLB Rules state the following; The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2.61 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches in length. The bat shall be one piece of solid wood.

other than that though, I don't think there is any more!

From what I've read Mythbusters disproved any improvement in performance when the bat was filled with cork? maybe this would be the same for cricket bats one day - who knows?

Baseball's an odd one - different leagues have different rules on the bats I believe, so the equivalent of a club cricketer can use an aluminium or composite bat. Interestingly some leagues apparently use a standard where if you use a non-wooden bat it has to have a coefficient of restitution below a certain value. Sounds a better way of regulating performance than size restriction!

[nirmal]

Ricky Ponting should have stated this when he was playing.Sounds bad.

[manno]

Same goes for golf drivers. Ive got some "H-cor" titleist woods that i think are still allowed on the Japanese Tour but banned in the PGA etc... Personally I don't think regulating the cor of cricket bats would be practical and i wouldnt like to see them made from anything other than willow. I also think the new size regulations are a completely pointless knee-jerk reaction to the visual impact of a "big bat" and the need for the ensuing discussion to have some formal end, more so than any claimed impact on the game itself. I wonder when batsmen are going to start complaining about the ball being too small? 

[GoodLeave]

Chris King's recent view on the coming regs.

Spoiler - He reveals Warners specs at the end!

https://blog.betway.com/cricket/why-size-doesnt-matter-when-it-comes-to-modern-cricket-bats/amp/

[InternalTraining]

^ warner specs could be without livery.

[LBWCandidate]

Heavier or bigger bat doesn't necessarily translate into big hitting or scores. You have to lift the bat and hit it fairly well consistently.
Shorter boundaries do make hitting sixes easier and mishits clear the ground all the time now.