Kashmir's cricket bat industry faces crisis as declining willow production threatens livelihoods and manufacturing units.

Every cricketer needs The Right Bat. It's his most trusted companion. Traditionally carved from top-quality willow, famous bat-makers, source the bulk of their willow wood from Kashmir. The coveted ...

Darshil U. Shah receives funding from ERDF (Interreg France-Channel England) and BEIS. For nearly 200 years, willow has been the principal material used in the production of cricket bats. English ...

A British Indian entrepreneur, whose research proved that bamboo could offer a low-cost and more sustainable alternative to willow-based cricket bats, has been energised by a new UK government-backed ...

Saad Tramboo and Hamad Tramboo recently went on Shark Tank India and got a ₹30 Lakh investment for 4% equity in their startup, Tramboo Sports. The startup sold cricket bats made out of Kashmir Willow, ...

It has been dubbed “the cricket bat emergency”, as the price of bats has skyrocketed over the past few years. According to the managing director of D&P Cricket, Paul Borst, a top bat from this leading ...

Cricket loves its laws – or ‘Laws’, as some prefer – and law 5.3.2. seems as certain as the sun rising in the east: ‘The blade shall consist solely of wood.’ But for how much longer? In late August, ...

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 ...