Cricket Bat History

This specialised cricket bat is shaped something like a paddle, consisting of a long, padded handle similar to - but sturdier than - that of a tennis racquet, which is usually cylindrical in shape. This widens into the blade of the bat, a wider wooden block flat on one side and with a V-shaped ridge on the other to provide greater air flow in the follow through. However the more important reason for the v in the back is for an increased power to weight ratio of cricket bat as it removes wood from areas where it isn't need while leaving the bat thick enough in the middle region where the ball is generally hit and greater strength to the over-all bat. The flat side (the front of the cricket bat) is used to hit the ball. The point at which the handle widens into the blade is known as the shoulder of the bat, and the bottom of the blade is known as the toe of the bat.

No one knows when or where cricket began but there is a body of evidence, much of it circumstantial, that strongly suggests the game was devised during Saxon or Norman times by children living in the Weald, an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England that lies across Kent and Sussex An artwork depicting the history of the cricket bat