Blades, grades and custom-mades: inside the world of #cricket #batmaking
Cricketers have been honing their craft for centuries in search of perfection. The people who make their bats are no different
#JSWrightSons is into its 3rd century as the world’s principal provider of willow for cricket bats.
They source and dispatch 400,000 clefts a year.
#Threequarters of the #worldscricketbats.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/sep/11/cricket-batmaking-blades-grades-custom-mades-wisden-cricketers