Kashmir-made bats are back in action in the international cricketing world, after a gap of seven decades. Several cricket playing nations have agreed to procure Kashmir willow bats for ICC mega ...

Cricket bats made from Kashmir willow were prized possessions in kit bags once, but that is no longer the case. The bat manufacturing factories, which employed close to 100,000 people at one time ...

Wood from Salix alba caerulea, a species of willow tree that grows in Kashmir, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and the UK, is used to make cricket bats. Even today, Kashmir is the second-largest ...

The Government of India has listed the ‘Kashmir Willow Cricket Bat’ as part of the handicraft industry. This significant step, formalised through the Ministry of Textiles, will not only ...

But in the future, those bats are probably hard to come by. Kashmir’s dwindling willow plantations are impacting the region’s famed cricket bat industry and risking the supply of cricket bats ...

Srinagar: The Government of India has officially designated the ‘Kashmir Willow Cricket Bat’ as a handicraft item, marking a significant development for artisans and manufacturers in Jammu and ...

Professional cricketers usually choose English willow bats ... of GR8 sports and spokesperson of the Cricket Bat Manufacturers Association of Kashmir, said that at least 37 international ...

[ABOUT]: SS Junior NOIR series cricket bat are hand selected grade 1 Kashmir willow cricket bats having straight and clear grains, light weight between 2 to 2.4 oz depending on the size of bat.

Kashmir’s iconic willow trees, essential for crafting high-quality cricket bats, are on the brink of extinction, raising alarms for nearly 1.5 lakh job opportunities to artisans or workers ...

Cricket bats are made of willow wood. Willow offers a unique combination of lightness, strength, and shock absorption capabilities that, let’s say, poplar, teak, and mango wood don’t.