The cricket bat industry is not just interesting, but unique. The best willow comes from England and one supplier, JS Wright, has dominated the trade for almost 150 years.

Essex have been deducted 12 points after England's Cricket Regulator found their player Feroze Khushi used an oversized bat earlier this season, the County Championship side said on Wednesday.

Some bats are oversized for games of leisure, while others follow strict sizing standards for match play. ... SS T20 Storm Kashmir Willow Cricket Bat: available at Amazon.

During the IPL match between KKR and PBKS, Sunil Narine's bat failed a live gauge test, highlighting the BCCI's crackdown on oversized bats. Anrich Nortje faced a similar issue later in the game.

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When Brazil's rapidly growing cricket programme threatened to run out of bats, the solution was both simpler and harder than anyone anticipated: make your own.